Garmin Connext Wireless Cockpit ecosystem expands with Jeppesen mobile FliteDeck

Garmin International, a unit of Garmin (GRMN), and Jeppesen, a part of Boeing Commercial Aviation Services, announced an expansion of the Garmin Connext ecosystem, which broadens compatibility to include Jeppesen Mobile FliteDeck. With compatible Garmin avionics, customers can wirelessly receive ADS-B weather and traffic, as well as display precise GPS position data and back-up attitude information within compatible products and devices. Jeppesen Mobile FliteDeck is expected to support the display of ADS-B traffic and weather, as well as WAAS GPS position information from a compatible source. Additional details regarding avionics compatibility and features will be introduced in a future release.