Avionics News April 2015 - 49

of the right one, can display traffic. Multiple weather
Summing up the company's new product line,
pages are available on the right, again offering pilots
Larry Riddle, L-3 Aviation Products vice president
their choice in viewing configurations. Mode selection
of marketing and sales for business, regional and
general aviation, said the "Lynx NGT-9000 is unlike
and screen configuration are performed as other
anything in the marketplace, and delivers a unique
touchscreen avionics, with the use of touchscreen
buttons. To use the map pan feature, one simply
set of features for general aviation pilots. In addition
holds their finger on the map page for a couple
to getting ahead of ADS-B compliance, the unique
of seconds and the ability
benefits of a single-box solution,
to swipe and move the map
straightforward installation and
the reasonable cost of the NGTappears. A push of the "Cancel
Pan" returns the pilot to his
9000, make it an ideal product."
ALL IN ALL, L-3'S
own-ship position. Since all
As far as the cost, aircraft
NEW LYNX PRODUCT
owners should ask their avionics
NGT products incorporate an
LINE LOOKS LIKE
embedded WAAS-enabled GPS,
repair shop for current pricing
A WINNER. IT'S
options.
the -9000 also knows where it
DEFINITELY A UNIQUE,
is in relationship to surrounding
All in all, L-3's new Lynx
WELL-CONCEIVED
weather and traffic.
product line looks like a winner.
Additionally, the NGT-9000
It's definitely a unique, wellSOLUTION TO THE
and its remote-mounted sibling,
conceived solution to the oneONE-BOX ADS-B
the NGT-9000R, are available
box ADS-B dilemma. The only
DILEMMA.
in three optional configurations.
drawback may be the extent
One, the -9000+/-9000R+, comes
to which L-3 is successful in
with internal active traffic via
broadening the number of EFB
L-3's NextGen Active Traffic
apps with which the Lynx line is
system. This configuration blends ADS-B's traffic
compatible. That's likely not up to L-3, but the app
information system-broadcast with active traffic data,
publishers themselves. While it may not be an issue
which the company said provides "an uninterrupted
for customers choosing the NGT-9000 and its crisp
display of aircraft equipped with Mode A, C and S
screen, the compatibility issue may loom large for
transponders." As a bonus, "+" models also can be
pilots who choose a remote-mounted Lynx product,
connected to an aircraft's audio system to provide what
and want to display ADS-B In's traffic and weather
L-3 called "extended aural alerting of intruder aircraft
data within their favorite app.
position," which the -9000+ uses to alert the pilot with
Will placing ADS-B Out compliance and the
a recorded message like, "Traffic, one o'clock high, two
benefits of ADS-B In into a next-generation
miles."
transponder catch on among other manufacturers?
The second option available is implementing ADSTime will tell, but it makes a lot of sense to develop
B's so-called "diversity" configuration: two antennas
a one-box compliance solution and put it in a
are installed, one on the top of the aircraft and one
transponder's form factor, if for no other reason than
on the bottom, to help ensure none are blanked either
ADS-B is fundamentally a surveillance technology.
during ground operations or by aircraft structure.
Adding a touchscreen for controlling the transponder
Diversity is available in the NGT-9000D and -9000RD.
and displaying ADS-B In data is icing on the cake.
The third available option is the NGT-9000D+/RD+,
Time also will tell whether L-3's Lynx lineup can grab
which combines both L-3's active traffic system and
some market share from the ADS-B market's usual
diversity.
suspects. q
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