All Aircraft Avionics and Automated Flight Systems

Aircraft avionics and automated flight systems are the electronic systems installed in an aircraft cockpit that assist a pilot in controlling, navigating and monitoring flight, beyond the raw mechanical controls of the airframe. Avionics is a portmanteau of aviation and electronics, covering communications, navigation, and the display and management of an aircraft's onboard systems. Automated flight systems in this class include autopilot control of the flight path, fly-by-wire replacement of mechanical linkages with electronic signaling, instrument-based approach guidance, and cockpit displays and warning systems that reduce a pilot's reliance on visual reference outside the aircraft. This class gathers the electronic control, guidance, warning and display systems of this kind documented in the atlas, as distinct from purely mechanical flight-control surfaces or physical propulsion hardware.