Blue Avionics

Blue Avionics Inc designs, develops and manufactures certified Adaptable Avionics products and systems. It is an Original Equipment Manufacturer of avionics products, aircraft circuit cards, mechanical mounts and brackets, and fleet aircraft harnesses. The company is based in Exton, Pennsylvania, with a second site in Leesport, Pennsylvania.

Adaptable Avionics means one unit can do hundreds of functions by changing the configuration only, with no change to the hardware or software. Most first-time users apply the units to fix incompatibilities between new avionics upgrades and older systems. A complete system can be provided within a few weeks after the aircraft functional requirements are received. Each STC or TC program gets its own Configuration Part Number to protect the holder’s usage rights.

Products

BA-540 Adaptable Avionics Unit (AAU)

• ARINC 429 routing, switching and label filtering, with bit mapping, SDI and SSM changes, and discrete to ARINC 429 conversion and back.
• Calculations for true north, IAS and Mach speed caution and warning, fuel management, CG and trend monitoring. Interfaces for FMS, displays, autopilots and flight data concentration.
• Dash 002 version converts ARINC 575 digital air data to ARINC 429.
• Specs: +28 VDC input, 10 to 32 VDC, 0.7 A; 4 ARINC 429 in and 4 out; 8 discrete in and 16 out; built-in test 98 percent; field-loadable software; DO-178C and DO-254 DAL B, DO-160G. Certified on many Part 25, Part 27, Part 29 and Part 23 turboprop aircraft.

BA-440 Router/Filter

• Does the same kind of ARINC 429 routing, switching and filtering work as the BA-540.
• Can change up to 100 labels, and configuration changes during engineering testing take minutes with the 626 Configuration Plug Cable.
• Specs: 4 ARINC 429 inputs and 4 outputs; 8 discrete inputs and 16 outputs; built-in test 98 percent; DO-178B and DO-254 DAL B, DO-160G.

BA-110 ARINC 429 to CSDB Unit (ACU)

• Converts ARINC 429 high or low speed data to two CSDB buses and one RS-232 bus. CSDB means Collins Standard Data Bus.
• Lets new avionics such as FMS, GPS, navigators, transponders, radios and displays communicate with older CSDB navigation, display, autopilot, surveillance and communication systems, and some Honeywell Primus systems.
• RS-232 at 9600 or 19200 baud. DO-178C and DO-254 DAL B, DO-160G.

Circuit cards, mounts and harnesses

• Manufactures and PMA certifies many types of OEM and STC aircraft circuit cards, with obsolescence handled by minor PMA changes without affecting the Type Certificate or STC.
• PMA certified mechanical mounts and brackets for aircraft OEMs, airlines, military and fleet operators.
• Configurable fleet aircraft harnesses, manufactured and PMA certified for OEMs, airlines and fleet STC programs, built to OEM standards.

What the units are used for

• ADS-B Out: BA-440 provides DO-260B monitoring with a go or no go light, with a built-in test of the monitor.
• TAWS Mode 5 alerting: adds glideslope alerting during LPV and RNP approaches using the existing EGPWS. Certified on the Bombardier Q400.
• IAS and Mach speed warning with outputs for overspeed horn and stick puller on platforms such as the Lear 35A and Boeing 747SP.
• True north calculations for antenna beam steering and LPV approach in areas with high magnetic variation. Installed on the Bombardier CRJ.
• ARINC 575 to ARINC 429 air data conversion on types such as the MD-80 series and SAAB 340.

Aircraft shown with installations include the Bombardier Q400, Falcon 2000EX, Falcon 900EX, Challenger 605, Challenger 300, Boeing 757, Bombardier CRJ, Sikorsky S-61, Bell 412 and King Air 200.

Certification history

• Nov 2015: Dassault Aircraft Services used the BA-440 in ADS-B Out STCs for Falcon 900, 2000 and 50 models.
• Nov 2015: Safran Engineering Services and Duncan Aviation used the BA-440 in an FAA ADS-B Out STC for the Challenger CL601-3A/R.
• Nov 2015: Flying Colours used the BA-440 in ADS-B Out STCs for the Challenger 604 and 605.
• Feb 2016: Flying Colours used the BA-440 for ADS-B Out on the Challenger 300.
• Apr 2017: TAWS Mode 5 alerting with the existing EGPWS was FAA and EASA certified.
• Sep 2020: The BA-540 was FAA certified for ILS offset training in a Citation 560XL.
• May 2022: The BA-540 was FAA certified by Peregrine on the EMB-120 to link dual GTN-650 units to the flight data acquisition unit and provide marker beacon outputs.

Who they work with

Customer types include business jet, helicopter, regional jet and turboprop OEMs, commercial and regional airlines, avionics modification and installation centers, engineering and certification centers, and military modification centers.

Contact

Blue Avionics Inc: 212 Welsh Pool Road, Suite A-C, Exton, PA 19341, United States.
Blue Avionics Leesport: 2670 Leiscz Bridge, Suite 500, Leesport, PA 19533, United States.
Contact covers sales, support, AOG (aircraft on ground) and repair service.