EASA grants Garmin approval for Mustang upgrade

Garmin has received EASA approval for the G1000 NXi updates on the Citation Mustang. The clearance will allow owners and operators to perform upgrades to many of the light jet’s key avionics systems. Modifications, immediately available at Textron service centers for Mustangs equipped with the G1000 NXi and those wishing to upgrade to the system, include the GWX 75 advanced weather radar, the GSR 56 Iridium satellite data link and the GTX 345DR transponder.

The fully digital GWX 75 weather radar offers a 16-color palette, four times more colors than the original GWX 68, which provides operators with a more detailed picture of weather and storm cell dynamics. Ground clutter removal and optional turbulence detection help better understand actual weather threats.

In tandem with the GSR 56, which is part of the OEM’s Connext family, owners and operators can access safety features such as on-demand global weather information via data link, text and voice communication two-way and automatic tracking of the position of the aircraft.

With the GTX 345DR, users can receive all ADS-B In capabilities, including the “TargetTrend” relative motion display, which provides the target trajectory and close rates of other aircraft relative to the trajectory of. current flight. To meet the situational requirements of an ADS-B solution, the unit also maintains the full redundancy of a dual diversity transponder system.