Avionics
Silicon Valley Tech ‘Disrupts’ Avionics
The future is here, and its really, really small
Smaller than a pen point? Yes, this uAvionix ADS-B transceiver designed for drones meets that spec.
Smaller than a pen point? Yes, this uAvionix ADS-B transceiver designed for drones meets that spec.

Ryan Reed, customer support and communications specialist for uAvionix, showed the company's thumbnail-sized Ping ADS-B transceiver at Sun ’n’ Fun 2017. Designed for drones and still in R&D, the tiny component is intended to sit quietly until it senses an aircraft inside its five-mile bubble. At that point it will begin transmitting, letting the aircraft know the drone's position. Once the “threat” passes, the ADS-B output goes silent again, reducing clutter and "noise” in the system.