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. Avidyne is developer of Integrated Avionics Systems,

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History

President and CEO Daniel J. Schwinn founded Avidyne in 1994. Avidyne pioneered the standalone MFD market when they certified their first Flight Situation Display system in 1997. Avidyne's FlightMax Entegra line was first released in 2003 in the

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—the first big-glass flight deck system for light general aviation aircraft. On November 3, 2005, Avidyne Corporation and Ryan International Company announced a merger of the two companies. Ryan International was founded in 1981 by CEO Paul Ryan, inventor of the Stormscope weather system. Avidyne was recognized as Avionics Magazine's "Small Manufacturer of the Year" and was inducted into the Avionics Magazine Hall of Fame in 1999. Avidyne received the NASA 2001 Commitment to Excellence Award for their work on the AGATE HITS program for their work on “Highway in the Sky” (HITS) display technology, as part of NASA's AGATE (Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiments) Alliance. Avidyne successfully demonstrated HITS technology at EAA AirVenture 2001 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. In 2017, Avidyne Corporation certified Synthetic Vision capability for all of its IFD-Series GPS-based Flight Management Systems.

Products

* Helios Flight Management System for Helicopters *Atlas Flight Management System *Entegra & Entegra Release 9 Integrated Flight Deck Systems * IFD550 FMS/GPS/NAV/COM * IFD540 FMS/GPS/NAV/COM * IFD440 FMS/GPS/NAV/COM * AMX240 Audio Panel * AXP340 Mode S Transponder w/ADS-B OUT * AXP322 Mode S Remote Transponder w/ADS-B OUT * EX600 MultiFunction Display (MFD) * SkyTrax100 ADS-B IN Receiver * TWX670 Color Tactical Lightning Detection System * CMax Electronic Approach Charts & Airport Diagrams * TAS600 Series Traffic Advisory Systems * DFC90 Autopilot

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Aerospace companies of the United States Avionics companies Technology companies established in 1994 Manufacturing companies established in 1994 Companies based in Brevard County, Florida Manufacturing companies based in Florida Melbourne, Florida

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