Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.

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Genesys Aerosystems has developed its own line of digital radios for application in any aviation segment, including special-mission operators and a variety of civil helicopters and airplanes. The digital radios, the first-ever designed and manufactured by Mineral Wells, Texas-based Genesys, can be integrated with its displays and avionics or serve as standalone units.

 


The Genesys Digital Radio (GDR) family consists of remote-mount, software-definable VHF com and nav radios, with optional embedded 225-400 MHz UHF. Frequencies for com radios range from 118-136 MHz and 118-156 MHz, with 25- or 8.33-MHz frequency spacing and transmit power of 16 or 25 watts. Nav functions include VOR/localizer/glideslope and marker beacon. The GDRs interface with a host controller/display unit, which controls com and nav functions via RS-232, RS-422, or Arinc 429 protocols.

 


The new radios meet software design assurance level A and Mil-STD 704E and 810G, according to Genesys, “accommodating all segments of the aviation market.” In addition to electronic flight displays, Genesys also manufactures autopilots and sensors.

 


With radios in its product line, Genesys (established from the former&nbsp;S-Tec and Chelton Flight Systems businesses) can now offer fully integrated avionics systems. “The GDR is a powerful radio line that is customizable and is the perfect complement to our avionics suite, including our EFIS, autopilot, and sensor product lines,” said business development v-p Gordon Pratt.

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