Avilution, an aviation technology company founded by Mark Spencer, cut the ribbon on its new cutting-edge facility at Huntsville International Airport in Huntsville, Alabama.
"Thanks in large part to the vision and support of the Huntsville International Airport and the City of Huntsville, Avilution is pleased to establish this unique incubator for integrating and advancing both civilian and military avionics from traditional and non-traditional vendors through a modular open systems approach,” said Spencer, Avilution founder and XFS architect. “This facility supports improving both existing legacy aircraft as well as the next generation of fixed wing, rotary wing, drones and urban air mobility."
Since its founding in 2010, Avilution has developed a new and innovative avionics framework called eXtensible Flight System (XFS.) The XFS avionics platform provides a suite of applications from which a complete aircraft avionics system can be built using relatively commodity hardware from a variety of vendors. Avilution also provides engineering services, especially to augment the XFS product line. Some applications of the XFS system are used to build a graphical interface for radio, show and/or log engine monitoring systems, or drive and monitor the state of switches and/or relays. This framework allows for the rapid development of robust and future-proof avionics freeing the consumer from vendor lock-in and obsolescence. Avilution’s first packaged commercial offering, the Unpanel™, is a unique avionics package tailor-made for VFR (Visual Flight Rules) pilots.
“We are pleased to welcome Avilution as a partner at the Port of Huntsville,” said Rick Tucker, CEO of the Port of Huntsville. “We are excited that they have chosen Huntsville International Airport as their base of operations. Their combined operations will be in a newly constructed facility with 7,000 square feet of hangar space and 6,000 square feet of lab and office space and represents more than $3 million in capital investment. We work to provide our Port of Huntsville partners more than just a space for business; we also provide a helping hand in promoting and nurturing their business through community, regional and media partnerships that the Port of Huntsville maintains.”
