Owners of older Citations will soon be able to upgrade their instrument panels with Garmin’s 10.6-inch touchscreen G700 TXi display, under an STC that JetTech expects to be approved soon, the company announced at the 2018 Aircraft Electronics Association conference.

The STC covers Citation models 500, 550, S550, and 560, and it will allow installation of one or two G700 TXi displays. JetTech will also offer a special upgrade path for customers who have previously installed a Garmin G600 display in their Citations.

With two G700 displays installed, a variety of display options are available, including PFD, MFD, and engine indicating system. The TXi displays feature single-finger zoom control, faster panning and chart rendering, and pinch-to-zoom capability. The PFD-configured display includes an HSI map, with overlay of maps, terrain, weather, traffic, and other information.

JetTech also announced:

• Addition of VNAV to its STC for installation of the Garmin GTN 650/750 in the Citation 550B and 650 series equipped with the Primus 1000 integrated flight control system.
• Availability of a remote flight director annunciator panel for the Citation 500, 501, 550, 551, S550, and 560 series. Installation of the remote annunciator allows the primary flight director mode control panel to be moved elsewhere to provide space to add new products such as the soon-to-be-certified 10.6-inch Garmin G700 TXi displays.
• JetTech is offering the CD-125R retrofit, a replacement of the command display on the Citation 500, 501, 550, 551, S550, and 560 series. The CD-125R “allows vertical speed and indicated airspeed adjustments while the autopilot is engaged,” according to JetTech. When not showing vertical speed or indicated airspeed, it displays Mach.
• A new glareshield modification for Citation 500, 501, 550, 551, S550 and 560 series, which relocates the annunciator panel and frees up space on the center panel to allow adding more avionics.
• FlightSafety will soon complete installation of JetTech’s Garmin GTN 650/750 GPS com/navigator upgrade in its Citation 550 full-motion simulator at the Long Beach learning center. The upgrade will include the ability to fly autopilot-coupled LPV WAAS approaches, voice-activated intercom, and ADS-B Out and In.