Collins Aerospace is preparing to deliver its new Venue smart monitors with integrated Airshow HD in-flight entertainment to customers, the company said today at AEA 2025. With the integration into Venue smart monitors, light jet to large aircraft owners and operators can access Airshow HD 4K moving maps and streaming entertainment without needing a complete Venue cabin management system.

Control of the standalone smart monitor is via Collins’ Airshow HD mobile app for Apple iOS and Google Android smartphones and tablets. Users can also cast content from their devices to the cabin monitor. The Venue smart monitors come in several sizes and configurations and can integrate with third-party applications, including streaming services, satellite TV, and personal content. Touchscreen smart monitors are an available option.

“Airshow HD unlocks the full potential of the Venue smart monitor, allowing business jet owners increased options to upgrade and customize their cabin entertainment systems at the pace they prefer,” said Nathan Voight, v-p and general manager of business and regional avionics at Collins Aerospace. “The standalone Airshow HD and smart monitor system provides the flexibility, customization, and usability aircraft owners and operators have been searching for in-cabin entertainment solutions.”

Collins Aerospace’s David Ufen told AIN that the smart monitor works with any router and any streaming service. “As long as you have a big enough pipe into the airplane and a router, our Venue smart monitor is programmed to work with it,” he said.

“We worked really closely with several of our dealers on what needs to be in the box out the gate,” he noted. “We’re still working with them to bring it across the finish line” for delivery in the second quarter.

Ufen explained that the team did not face any notable challenges in designing the product. Rather, “the challenge is in making sure we equip our dealers for success in installing it. And with that, good documentation on the front end, making sure they know how it’s mounted in the airplane, training, all those kinds of things.”