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Ulm

, November 2025

JASPER: Jamming and Spoofing Event Recognition System

The Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V. and funke AVIONICS are developing a small handheld device for pilots that can detect Hashtag#GNSS jamming and spoofing events. This is part of the new JASPER project, funded by ESA. The goal is to bring anti-jamming and anti-spoofing technology into aircraft.

The number of GNSS jamming and spoofing incidents has dramatically increased worldwide, also in European airspace. Especially GNSS spoofing poses a growing threat to commercial aviation. This creates an urgent need for jamming- and spoofing-robust GNSS technology. While such systems exist and have proven their potential, there are currently no solutions qualified for use in commercial aviation.

The intended JASPER-device can be installed on an operational aircraft as loose equipment and provides the cockpit crew with valuable information to improve situational awareness without replacing existing GNSS receivers.

Buchloe

, May 2025

f.u.n.k.e. AVIONICS and Kanardia establish strategic partnership

f.u.n.k.e. AVIONICS GmbH, renowned manufacturer of high-quality radios, transponders, and traffic monitoring systems, and Kanardia d.o.o., leading manufacturer of avionics displays and integrated EFIS systems, are pleased to announce a strategic partnership.

As part of this collaboration, f.u.n.k.e. AVIONICS’ proven communication and monitoring systems have been specifically optimized for seamless integration with Kanardia’s advanced displays. The ATR833 series of aircraft radios, TRT800 transponders, and TM350 traffic monitoring systems from f.u.n.k.e. AVIONICS have been selected as the preferred solution for Kanardia’s displays.
This partnership offers pilots and aircraft operators significant benefits:

– Seamless integration: Optimized interfaces between f.u.n.k.e. AVIONICS communication systems and Kanardia displays
– Enhanced user-friendliness: Uniform operating concepts across all systems
– Weight optimization: Particularly important for ultralight aircraft
– Reliability: Comprehensively tested compatibility for maximum operational safety
– Easy installation: Coordinated connectivity solutions and wiring concepts

The technical integration was developed in close collaboration between both companies to ensure that the combined systems function optimally and meet the demanding requirements of experimental and ultralight aviation.
The optimized system solutions are available immediately through the dealer networks of both companies. Detailed technical information and installation instructions are available on the handbooks of both companies.

Ulm

, December 2024

Lufthansa Technik commissions f.u.n.k.e. AVIONICS to develop three different Media Converter LRUs

What a great way to end 2024!

Lufthansa Technik has commissioned f.u.n.k.e. AVIONICS to develop three different types of the new Media Converter LRUs.

In addition to its efficiency, flexibility and scalability, the MediaConverter platform is fully certified according to RTCA/DO160.

We are proud to be able to offer not only innovative technology with our fiber optic media converter, but a family concept that goes far beyond a single product.

We look forward to working with Lufthansa Technik and wish everyone a pleasant Christmas season.

Ulm

, July 2024

f.u.n.k.e. AVIONICS supplies components for Advanced Air Mobility avionics systems

As part of the “C2Land” project, funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (FKZ: 50NA2003) and administered by the DLR Space Management, f.u.n.k.e. AVIONICS GmbH, together with the Technical University of Braunschweig, the Technical University of Munich and Volocopter, developed a system for automatic landing for VTOL aircraft and integrated it into the Volocopter test platform. The C2Land system is a camera-assisted navigation and flight control system to automatically identify the runway and guide the aircraft there. The system tested works independently of the GPS-based landing system and is used for automatic and autonomous Advanced Air Mobility and Urban Air Mobility landings. In this research project, f.u.n.k.e. AVIOINICS developed the transponder-based anti-collision system, which initiates an automatic evasive maneuver in the event of an intrusion into the airspace. The system has been validated during a flight test campaign and paves the way for the use of the technology in manned and unmanned aircraft as a backup for GNSS-based navigation systems, which are increasingly faced with problems such as jamming and spoofing.

Buchloe

, July 2024

f.u.n.k.e. AVIONICS at AERO Friedrichshafen

Meet us next week at AERO Friedrichshafen at booth B1-101 and get to know our new products like the FSG80 ground radio and the new weather station for the TM350!

Ulm, Germany

, March 2024

funke AVIONICS successfully completed Master360 Flight Test

Together with our partner Leibniz Universität Hannover, we completed a flight test campaign around Ulm to verify the performance of the innovative antenna design. The antenna was developed in the frame of the Master360 research program.

During the flight test, we determined the aircraft’s heading and distance utilizing interrogation technology. To do this, our antenna on the ground sends a request for information to aircrafts and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). They then return a signal containing valuable information for tracking which may be used by Air Traffic Control (ATC).

The Master360 project goal is to develop a cooperative system for autonomous flight of UAVs. It is supported by the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz and executed with several partners including Airbus, Airbus Helicopters, ASX, BIT-TS, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V., DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH, funke AVIONICS, Fraunhofer FHR, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (HAW Hamburg), Kappa optronics GmbH, and Leibniz Universität Hannover.