Accord Introduces New NexNav Micro-i GPS

Accord Technology introduced a tiny new GPS receiver, the NexNav Micro-i, at the Aircraft Electronics Association Convention in Dallas. The GPS SBAS Micro-i is compliant with TSO-C199 and TSO-C145c for application in “commercial” aircraft avionics installations.

TSO C199 is a standard for the “Traffic Awareness Beacon System (TABS) for light aircraft without electrical systems, exempted from ADS-B _OUT, such as gliders, balloons and other aircraft with non-certified electrical systems,” according to Accord. “The Micro-i, when combined with a TABS low-power mode-S, enables TABS Class B platforms to be visible to other aircraft with TAS [traffic awareness system], Tcas I/II [and] ADS-B _IN.”

The one- by one-inch Micro-i has a 1-Hz update rate and is compatible with Waas (U.S.), Egnos (Europe), MSAS (Japan) and Gagan (India).

“This is the perfect GPS Waas source solution for avionics manufacturers targeting the glider aircraft, hot-air balloon segments and now experimental aircraft, and even the unmanned aerial systems segment,” said Accord CEO Hal Adams.