Avidyne Corporation is an avionics company based in Lincoln

Lincoln, Massachusetts

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, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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. Avidyne is developer of Integrated Flight Deck Systems

Glass cockpit

A glass cockpit is an aircraft cockpit that features electronic instrument displays, typically large LCD screens, as opposed to the traditional style of analog dials and gauges...

, multi-function display

Multi-function display

A Multi-function display is a small screen in an aircraft surrounded by multiple buttons that can be used to display information to the pilot in numerous configurable ways. Often an MFD will be used in concert with a Primary Flight Display. MFDs are part of the digital era of modern planes or...

s, and traffic advisory systems

Traffic Collision Avoidance System

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 for light general aviation

General aviation

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(GA) aircraft. Headquartered in Lincoln, MA, the company has facilities in Columbus, OH, Melbourne, FL, and Boulder, CO.

History

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

Products

• Entegra & Entegra Release 9 Integrated Flight Deck Systems
• EX500 MultiFunction Display (MFD)
• MLB700 Broadcast Datalink Receiver
• MLX770 Two-Way Datalink Transceiver
• TWX670 Color Tactical Lightning Detection System
• CMax Electronic Approach Charts & Airport Diagrams
• TAS600 Series Traffic Advisory Systems
• DFC 90 Autopilot