Jane's Flight Avionics

Jane's Flight Avionics delivers comprehensive insight into aircraft control and related systems under development,  in production and in service around the world, providing military and security organizations with reliable information to support key capability analysis, planning and procurement activities, and providing A&D businesses with market intelligence to support effective business development, strategy and product development activity.

Jane's Flight Avionics will help you to:

• Evaluate competitors, potential business partners and acquisition targets
• Conduct market research and competitor analysis
• Assess the state of current flight avionics technologies and capabilities
• Discover avionics market opportunities

Jane's Flight Avionics is available in three formats:

• Online
• Full-color yearbook
• Offline
  • Intraspex (CD-ROM)
  • IHS Jane's Data Services (XML data)

The online format of Jane's Flight Avionics provides you with additional benefits not available within the yearbook, including:

• Regular updates
• Powerful search capabilities
• Additional photographs and diagrams
• Comprehensive archive

Edward Downs
Edward is a former Royal Air Force pilot, retiring from the Service in 1997 after tours of duty as a frontline Tornado GR1 pilot, (31 Squadron, RAF Bruggen), a Qualified Weapons Instructor (Tornado Weapons Conversion Unit, RAF Honington) and finally as an operational test pilot at the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA), Boscombe Down. While at Boscombe Down, he was involved in weapons and Electro-Optic systems development for RAF ground attack aircraft, including the Tornado GR4, Harrier GR7 and Jaguar GR3.

Currently a civilian pilot with a UK international airline, a Night Electro-Optic flight instructor and director of an aerosystems consultancy specializing in avionic systems test and evaluation, including the integration of Aviator's Night Vision Imaging System (ANVIS) and electro-optic systems into fixed- and rotary-wing platforms, Edward has accumulated over 3,000 hours in military aircraft and 9,000 commercial hours flying a number of aircraft, including the Airbus A340-300 and -600.

With detailed information on more than 1,700 avionics systems under development, in production and in service around the world, including display systems, flight and mission management, control and monitoring systems, avionic communication systems and navigation systems, Jane's Flight Avionics contains detailed technical and program descriptions, as well as photographs and diagrams.

• Type, versions and variants
• Description and specifications
• Program history and status
• Contractor