Plain English Meaning

The modern, computerized cockpit equipment found in today's aircraft — digital screens, GPS, flight computers, and autopilots — instead of the older round mechanical gauges.

Full Definition

A general term used in the Instrument Flying Handbook to describe modern integrated avionics — primarily Electronic Flight Displays (EFDs), Flight Management Systems (FMS), GPS-based navigation, autopilots, and related digital cockpit equipment — that have replaced or supplemented traditional analog instruments in current-generation aircraft.

Context Anchor

Seen in instrument flying when a pilot uses screen-based flight displays, , or an during planning, flying, and a flight.