Avionics News April 2016 - 93

Avidyne
AVIDYNE announced a strategic partnership with Globalstar Inc. to
develop and certify satellite-based Internet and voice communications products for the aviation market. According to Avidyne, these new solutions, to
be exclusively provided by Avidyne to aircraft manufacturers and through
Avidyne's worldwide dealer network, will leverage Globalstar's secondgeneration satellite network, boasting the fastest data speeds in the Mobile
Satellite Services industry.
"We are thrilled to join forces with Globalstar to bring innovative new communications solutions to the
global aviation market," said
DAN SCHWINN, Avidyne's
president and chief executive officer. "By leveraging
the new Sat-Fi technology,
second-generation satellite
network and the ground infrastructure upgrades due to go
live in the next few months,
together we will provide
increased aircraft connectivity
for our customers at unrivaled
Jay Monroe (left), chairman and CEO of Globalstar,
value. I expect that mass
and Dan Schwinn, Avidyne president and CEO.
adoption of airborne Internet
hot spots across the full range of GA and business aviation aircraft will spur
a host of innovative mobile device and cloud-based applications that will
enhance aircraft safety and utility in ways we can't currently imagine."
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In other news...
Avidyne also extended its licensing agreement with Extant Aerospace of
Melbourne, Florida, to provide exclusive aftermarket repair and exchange support for Avidyne's Entegra EXP5000 primary flight displays. Extant Aerospace
has been providing repair and exchange services for EX5000 Series multifunction displays since October 2015.
Avidyne will continue to field initial EXP5000 PFD (and EX5000 MFD) service calls from authorized dealers and service centers, as well as from aircraft
operators requiring information or assistance with product troubleshooting and
new or existing AeroPlan warranty prior to directing on to Extant for the appropriate level of support. Extant Aerospace is now the exclusive provider of repair
and exchange services for all Entegra EXP5000 PFD and EX5000 MFD.
For more information, visit avidyne.com. q

Elliott Aviation
ELLIOTT AVIATION named
LUKE GOMOLL avionics

manager. With 10 years of aviation
experience, he was most recently
employed with J.A. Air Center in
Sugar Grove, Illinoics, as avionics
manager.
Gomoll gained his A&P license
in 2006 and his bachelor's degree
in 2007 from Lewis University in
Illinois. He gained experience at
Lewis University, J.A. Air Center,
and SkyWest Airlines in various
rolls as an aircraft mechanic,
avionics technician and avionics
manager.
For more information, visit
elliottaviation.com. q

328 Design GmbH
328 DESIGN GMBH achieved the
first STC for the Dassault Falcon
50EX from the Federal Aviation
Administration under the FAA/EASA
bilateral safety agreement.
According to the company,
the project was achieved in
collaboration with Duncan Aviation
at the company's full service facility
in Battle Creek, Michigan. This
latest STC marks 328DO's 21st
collaboration with Duncan Aviation
in the four years the companies
have been working together.
For more information, visit
328group.eu. q

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