Garmin today unveiled its next integrated avionics suite—Axis—a move that incorporates a refresh of the G3X Touch, a potential upgrade path for many older systems, and also adopts features from the G3000 and G5000 Prime integrated flight decks. Axis as “Prime lite” is one way to consider the new lineup, but Axis also represents a long-awaited move away from what has become traditional glass displays surrounding a center stack of individual avionics such as audio panels, navcoms, and transponders. The result is a much cleaner-looking panel with big displays that incorporate a GPS navigator, navcom, and audio panel.
Axis, like Prime, also fully embraces touchscreen displays while retaining the dual-concentric knob and a small amount of button functionality. Targeting the Class I and II certified light airplane and experimental amateur-built (EAB) markets, Axis is also a clear stepping-stone to Prime, and a pilot who learns with Axis will find Prime an easy transition.
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