Garmin

Garmin develops consumer, aviation, outdoor, fitness, and marine technologies for the Global Positioning System. Garmin Ltd. is the Swiss parent company of a group of companies founded in 1989 by Gary Burrell and Min Kao. Its subsidiary Garmin International, Inc. serves as U.S. headquarters and is located in Olathe, Kansas, in the United States. The largest operating subsidiary and primary production facility of Garmin Limited is Garmin (Asia) Corporation (Chinese: 台灣國際航電股份有限公司), located in Xizhi District, Taiwan, a district of New Taipei City.

Garmin was incorporated in Switzerland on February 9, 2010, as successor to Garmin Ltd., a Cayman Islands company (“Garmin Cayman”). Garmin Cayman was incorporated on July 24, 2000, as a holding company for Garmin Corporation, a Taiwanese corporation, in order to facilitate a public offering of Garmin Cayman shares in the United States. On June 27, 2010, Garmin became the ultimate parent holding company of the Garmin group of companies. As of May 2014, Garmin has sold over 126 million GPS devices.

Garmin G1000

The Garmin G1000 is an integrated flight instrument system manufactured by Garmin typically composed of two display units, one serving as a primary flight display, and one as a multi-function display. It serves as a replacement for most conventional flight instruments and avionics.

Components

An aircraft with a basic Garmin G1000 installation contains two LCD displays (one acting as the primary flight display and the other as the multi-function display) as well as an integrated communications panel that fits between the two. These displays are designated as a GDU, Garmin Display Unit.

Beyond that, additional features are found on newer and larger G1000 installations, such as in business jets. This includes:

Depending on the airplane manufacturer and whether or not a GFC 700 autopilot is installed, the G1000 system will consist of either two GDU 1040 displays (no autopilot), a GDU 1040 PFD/GDU 1043 MFD (GFC 700 autopilot installed), or a GDU 1045 PFD/GDU 1045 MFD (GFC 700 autopilot installed with VNAV).