Avionics in Aircraft

There are several major vendors of flight avionics, including Honeywell (which now owns Bendix/King, Baker Electronics, Allied Signal, etc..), Rockwell Collins, Thales Group, Garmin, Narco, and Avidyne Corporation.

Aircraft Avionic Equipment listed in Categories

Communication
1.Public Address System
2.Aircraft Intercom System
3.VHF aviation communication system
4.HF   communication system.
5.Satellite communication system.

Navigation.
1.GPS
2.WAAS
3.VOR
4.LORAN

Monitoring
1.Avionics Digital Video Bus

Aircraft Flight Control system
1.Auto Pilot System

Collision Avoidance System
1.TCAS
2.TPAS
3.GPWS
4.TAWS

Weather Systems
1.Weather Radar
2.Lightening Detectors
3.Storm scope
4.Strike finder

Aircraft Management System
1.HUMS

2.Integrated Modular Avionics

Radar
1.AEW
2.ASW
3.Weather Radar

Electro Optics
1.FLIR
2.PIDS

Aircraft Networks
Common avionics databus protocols, with their primary application, include:

• Aircraft Data Network (ADN): Ethernet derivative for Commercial Aircraft
• Avionics Full-Duplex Switched Ethernet (AFDX): Specific implementation of ARINC 664 (ADN) for Commercial Aircraft
• ARINC 429: Generic Medium-Speed Data Sharing for Private and Commercial Aircraft
• ARINC 664: See ADN above
• ARINC 629: Commercial Aircraft (Boeing 777)
• ARINC 708: Weather Radar for Commercial Aircraft
• ARINC 717: Flight Data Recorder for Commercial Aircraft
• IEEE 1394b: Military Aircraft
• MIL-STD-1553: Military Aircraft
• MIL-STD-1760: Military Aircraft