{{short description|American Aerospace Company}} {{Infobox company | name = Avidyne Corporation | logo = Avidyne_Corporation_logo.svg | type = Private | key_people = Daniel J. Schwinn (President and CEO) | industry = Aerospace | products = Avionics | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | parent = | subsidiaries = | footnotes = | company_slogan = | founded = 1994 | hq_location = Melbourne, FL | Slogan = | website = [http://www.avidyne.com/ Avidyne.com] }}
'''Avidyne Corporation''' is an avionics company based in Melbourne, Florida. Avidyne is developer of Integrated Avionics Systems, multi-function displays, and traffic advisory systems for light general aviation (GA) aircraft. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has facilities in Melbourne, as well as Concord, Massachusetts; Columbus, Ohio; and Boulder, Colorado.
==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 Cirrus SR22—the first big-glass flight deck system for light general aviation aircraft.<ref>{{cite news | date=2002-07-21 | title=Aero-News.net article regarding Entegra | url =http://www.aero-news.net/news/genav.cfm?ContentBlockID=7A36A41E-181F-4C20-9322-C7A7C9E39DB3&Dynamic=1 | work =Aero-News.net | access-date = 2007-10-12 }}</ref> On November 3, 2005, Avidyne Corporation and Ryan International Company announced a merger of the two companies.<ref>{{cite web | title=Avidyne and Ryan Complete Merger | url =http://www.ainonline.com/ain-and-ainalerts/aviation-international-news/single-publication-story/browse/0/article/avidyne-and-ryan-complete-merger/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Bmode%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5Bstory_pointer%5D=6 | work =ainonline.com| access-date = 2007-10-16 }}</ref> Ryan International was founded in 1981 by CEO Paul Ryan, inventor of the Stormscope weather system.<ref>Stormscope#Aviation use</ref>
Avidyne was recognized as Avionics Magazine's "Small Manufacturer of the Year" and was inducted into the Avionics Magazine Hall of Fame in 1999.<ref>{{cite web | title=Business Wire.| url =http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures/6714840-1.html| access-date = 2007-10-16 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news | title=NASA awards prestigious 'highway in the sky' contract to Avidyne, Avrotec, Lancair and Raytheon.| url =http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5243/is_199902/ai_n20269524/| access-date = 2007-10-16 }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Airplane Makes Successful HITS Flight.| url=http://sats.erau.edu/newsarchive/2001/hits_flight.pdf| access-date=2007-10-16| archive-date=2006-01-10| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110002109/http://sats.erau.edu/newsarchive/2001/hits_flight.pdf| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Avidyne Receives NASA Commitment to Excellence Award.| url =http://www.avidyne.com/news/press.asp?release=184| access-date = 2007-10-16 }}</ref> In 2017, Avidyne Corporation certified Synthetic Vision capability for all of its IFD-Series GPS-based Flight Management Systems.<ref>{{cite news |date=13 March 2017|title=Avidyne certifies Synthetic Vision for FMS.|newspaper=General Aviation News| url =https://generalaviationnews.com/2017/03/13/avidyne-certifies-synthetic-vision-for-fms-line/ }}</ref> Avidyne achieved FAA certification for its Vantage retrofit glass panel in Cirrus SR2x aircraft in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FAA Certifies Avidyne Vantage 12 Display System for Cirrus Aircraft {{!}} AIN |url=https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/2025-07-25/avidyne-gets-faa-nod-vantage-12-cirrus-retrofit |access-date=2025-07-31 |website=Aviation International News |language=en}}</ref>
==Products== thumb|Array of Avidyne avionics * Helios Flight Management System for Helicopters<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/general-aviation/2020-01-22/avidyne-helios-brings-multifunction-fms-rotorcraft|title=Avidyne Helios Brings Multifunction FMS to Rotorcraft|last=Thurber|first=Matt|website=Aviation International News|language=en|access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref> *Atlas Flight Management System<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2019-10-15/avidyne-enters-fms-market-atlas|title=Avidyne Enters FMS Market with Atlas|last=Thurber|first=Matt|website=Aviation International News|language=en|access-date=2020-02-19}}</ref> *Entegra & Entegra Release 9 Integrated Flight Deck Systems * IFD550 FMS/GPS/NAV/COM * IFD540 FMS/GPS/NAV/COM<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Airventure Today|date=27 June 2014|title=Avidyne's IFD540 GPS now FAA Approved}}</ref> * 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
==See also== *L-3 Communications *Garmin
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==External links== * [http://www.avidyne.com/ www.avidyne.com]
Category:Aerospace companies of the United States Category:Avionics companies Category:Technology companies established in 1994 Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1994 Category:Companies based in Brevard County, Florida Category:Manufacturing companies based in Florida Category:Melbourne, Florida