What is Avionics ?

On a cold and windy morning in 1903, two brothers with a shared passion for technological innovation literally flew out of obscurity to international attention. On December 17th, they flew the world’s first powered airplane. Their experiments eventually led to the world’s first flying machine, but the accomplishment didn’t happen in a vacuum. The early 1900s was a ripe time for such an invention. Aerodynamics, structural engineering, engine design and fuel technology had all reached a stage of development where they could all be brought together to produce a practical flying machine.

Next to the purchase of an aircraft itself, avionics can be one of the larger expenditures involved in owning an aircraft. Avionics comes from the term “aviation electronics”, and therefore implies only aircraft electronics. Avionics is a provider of a wide range of avionics technologies from cockpit displays to inflight entertainment systems. However, this term is now used universally for electronics in aircraft (civil and military), general aviation and business aircraft, helicopters, and spacecraft. However, for non-aircraft avionics, it is common to put the modifier before avionics; therefore the terms “space avionics” or “spacecraft avionics”.

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