Module · Avionics
Avionics & Automation
Instrumentation, sensors, INS, GNSS, FMS, autopilot, fly-by-wire, radar, ADS-B, TCAS and autonomous flight.
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Lessons
2 h
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Avionics
Domain
Lessons
- 017 min
Air Data Systems
Before moving into navigation systems, we first need to understand how an aircraft actually measures the atmosphere around it. Every indication of airspeed, altitude, Mach number, and vertical speed…
- 026 min
Aircraft Communication Systems
Before an aircraft can be guided by air traffic control or exchange operational information with airlines, it must be able to communicate reliably across short, medium, and intercontinental…
- 037 min
Aircraft Health Monitoring
Before a mechanical problem becomes an in-flight emergency, modern aircraft are designed to detect abnormal conditions long before they become critical. Thousands of sensors continuously monitor…
- 047 min
Autopilot Systems
Understanding how modern aircraft automatically control flight while reducing pilot workload and improving precision, safety, and efficiency.
- 057 min
Electronic Flight Displays & Glass Cockpit
Before pilots can make decisions, they must be able to understand enormous amounts of information quickly and accurately. Modern aircraft no longer rely on dozens of separate mechanical gauges.…
- 067 min
Flight Instruments
Before we begin, it’s worth noting that Flight Instruments are the foundation of all modern avionics. Every advanced system—autopilot, flight management, fly-by-wire, navigation, and…
- 077 min
Flight Management System (FMS)
Before automation can fly an aircraft, there must be a system that plans the flight, manages navigation, optimizes fuel, computes aircraft performance, and coordinates dozens of onboard systems. That…
- 087 min
Fly-by-Wire Flight Control
Before an autopilot can move a control surface, there must be a system capable of translating pilot commands and computer instructions into precise aircraft motion. In older aircraft this was…
- 097 min
Future Autonomous Aircraft & Artificial Intelligence
Understanding how artificial intelligence, autonomous flight systems, intelligent avionics, and next-generation aerospace technologies are transforming the future of aviation.
- 107 min
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS:GPS)
Understanding how aircraft use satellite navigation to determine precise position, velocity, and time anywhere on Earth.
- 117 min
Inertial Navigation Systems (INS)
Before an aircraft can navigate using satellites, it must be able to determine its position, attitude, and motion independently. This is the role of the Inertial Navigation System (INS)—one of the…
- 126 min
Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA)
Before modern aircraft adopted Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA), each major avionics function— navigation, communications, flight management, engine monitoring, and flight control—typically required…
- 137 min
Sensors & Data Acquisition
Before any avionics computer can make a decision, it must first measure the physical world. Modern aircraft contain thousands of sensors that continuously monitor the aircraft, engines, atmosphere,…
- 147 min
Surveillance Systems (Radar, ADS-B & TCAS)
Before an aircraft can safely share the skies with thousands of others, it must be able to detect nearby traffic, monitor weather, determine its height above terrain, and cooperate with air traffic…