Garmin has officially announced the launch of G5000® PRIME, which happens to be its most advanced integrated flight deck for Part 25 transport aircraft.
According to certain reports, the stated technology arrives on the scene bearing an ability to simplify operations, and at the same time, enhance safety. More on the given proposition would reveal how it features more displays and display layout options so to provide greater information in busy airport environments.
Markedly enough, G5000 PRIME’s open architecture also treads up a long distance to support advanced system integration, which paves the way for operators to rapidly deploy new technologies. Beyond that, customers can come expecting other capabilities well-equipped to provide access of more aircraft-level systems within the avionics.
Talk about G5000 PRIME on a slightly deeper level, we begin from how the new flight deck effectively features expansive touchscreen primary display units (PDU) with edge-to-edge, sunlight-readable, fingerprint-resistant glass, These vibrant displays pack together multiple performance enhancements, such as quadruple the memory, available besides gigabit system connectivity which is up to 100 times faster than previous generation flight decks.
The technology in question also enjoys faster multi-core processors that boast more than double the processing power. On top of it, we have higher display refresh rates coming into play to deliver crisp, smooth animations, as well as an impressively responsive and fluid experience.
In case this wasn’t enough, the technology also has in place complementary secondary display units (SDU), providing data entry and system control, packaged with the means to display multi-function applications. These high-resolution SDUs conceive a 40% increase in screen area over prior Garmin touch controllers.
Next up, we must get into the fact that G5000 PRIME has a crew-centered user interface designed to streamline workflows and help crews quickly assess information.
Joining the mix would be an advanced multi-touch touchscreen interface geared towards recognizing up to 10 touchscreen inputs at once. This makes it possible for both the pilot and copilot to interact with the same display concurrently.
Such an enhanced multi-touch technology can also facilitate on-screen hand stabilization, enabling pilots to give precise touchscreen inputs. Alongside that, we have support for dedicated control devices helping in physical control of commonly used functions, aided to a great degree by the Garmin-designed products and third-party cursor control devices (CCD).
Another detail worth a mention is rooted in G5000 PRIME’s enhanced flight management system (FMS) tools like the Modified Flight Plan, which guides pilots in the context of using both the PDU and SDUs to deliver a side-by-side graphical preview of flight plan changes, including performance calculation comparisons, or what-if scenarios.
Not just that, the Window Manager feature further enables pilots to configure app display, window sizing, and more across the entire flight deck from one SDU. This very Window Manager also provides multiple preset options that can configure all displays with one command so to eliminate the need for operators to manually configure each window for various phases of flight.
Moving on, deploying advanced automation capabilities, G5000 PRIME should enhance safety in high pilot workload environments. You see, when in the initialization phase, pilots across the board can seamlessly select an Emergency Return function to simplify pilot responses against in-flight emergencies shortly after takeoff.
Safety technologies such as Emergency Descent Mode and Garmin Autothrottles are present in the mix to ensure automation is available to assist crews in every phase of flight. To make things even better, G5000 PRIME can also integrate key aircraft performance, takeoff and landing data (TOLD), and load planning applications from the AeroData portfolio of products. This makes for a seamless operational integration and reduced crew workload during preflight and initialization.
Hold on, there is more, considering we haven’t yet touched upon Garmin’s terminal safety solutions deployed across G5000 PRIME-equipped aircraft. An example relaying that relates to how the company’s Runway Occupancy Awareness (ROA) technology analyzes GPS and ADS-B traffic information relevant to the airport’s runways to alert the flight crew of a possible runway incursion or collision. Apart from that, there is ROA technology building upon other terminal safety solutions including Runway Overrun Awareness and Alerting System (ROAAS).
