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Latest & Greatest on uAvionix ADS-B & Garmin

donaziza

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For aircraft not covered by the AML STC, the FAA issued a tech paper last year. The referenced "Installation Approval for ADS-B Out Systems" memorandum explains how certified ADS-B hardware can be approved as a follow-on installation, based on a previously approved STC. Because an initial STC exists, uAvionix said, subsequent skyBeacon installations can be performed on any ?suitable aircraft??which is any aircraft allowing installation without airframe modification?as a minor alteration, without an additional or airframe-specific STC.


A lawsuit filed by Garmin International against uAvionix in June, claiming that uAvionix is infringing on a Garmin patent with technology in the skyBeacon and other ADS-B hardware, is winding its way through U.S. District Court in Missoula, Montana, where multiple motions have been filed and answered; a jury trial currently is scheduled for February 2020. uAvionix disputes the allegation and said in a statement that the suit will not affect its certification or delivery of ADS-B hardware.
 
And now the lawsuit has been concluded - with many in the industry seeing uAvionix as the winner in this one, though it's been covered up by a confidentiality agreement. It does seem likely that Garmin bluffed and got called on it. Interesting that this is announced very quickly after uAvionix purchased Aerovonics...

https://www.avweb.com/avionics/adsb/garmin-uavionix-resolve-patent-lawsuit/

I'd imagine that uAvionix probably came to a licencing agreement with Garmin.
 
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