Avidyne and WSI team to provide worldwide weather

By Dave Hirschman Avidyne Corp., an avionics firm that specializes in integrated cockpits, has joined with WSI Corp. to provide worldwide, datalink weather to aircraft in flight. The companies will provide the datalink weather via Avidyne’s MLX770 transceiver and the 66-satellite Iridium constellation. The new service will provide graphical weather as well as METARs, TAFs, temperatures, and winds aloft. A premium service will add WSI’s proprietary radar images and lightning data. “The combination of Avidyne’s MLX770 and WSI’s exceptional weather data services will provide a broad range of... [read full story]