Using an Open Architecture Approach to Military Avionics

Genesys Aerosystems, a Moog company, offers a line of avionics specifically designed for the military/special-mission market. Originally, the system was developed as part of the FAA's Capstone Program - first established in 1999 - to reduce the excessively high number of controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accidents in the southeast region of Alaska.

Implementation of this technology by pilots in the southeast Alaska region immediately reduced the CFIT accident rate from an average of one fatality every nine days to zero among commercial aircraft. Twenty years later, the Capstone equipment continues to provide exceptional safety, and Genesys has become a leading avionics supplier to military and special-mission fleet operators around the world, including the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, and over 35 foreign militaries and other government operators.