Textron Aviation today announced advanced Garmin G5000 avionics
enhancements coming to the best-selling mid-size business jet, the
Cessna Citation Latitude, and the flagship of the Citation family
of jets, the Citation Longitude. Textron Aviation’s investments in
the popular business jets, based on customer feedback, will offer
greater performance and improved user experience to pilots in the
new Latitude jets beginning in 2025 and the new Longitude jets in
2026.
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The Cessna Citation Latitude and Cessna Citation Longitude are
designed and manufactured by Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc.
(NYSE:TXT) company.
"Citation jets offer customers performance, productivity and
profitability that opens a new world of possibility in aviation and
their business,” said Lannie O'Bannion, senior vice president of
Global Sales & Flight Operations. "These enhancements
demonstrate our commitment to continuously invest in our legendary
products in order to design and deliver the best aviation
experience for our customers.”
When equipped with the latest Garmin G5000 avionics suite, the
Latitude and Longitude will feature an array of new advanced
features and technology from Garmin, including Synthetic Vision
Guidance System (SVGS) shown on the primary flight displays, that
couples with Synthetic Vision Technology (SVT) to support approach
minima as low as 150 ft (46 m). SVGS provides a continuous,
geo-spatially correct depiction of the external scene topography,
including obstacles, augmented by the display of the runway.
SVT enhancements include a 3D exocentric view of the SafeTaxi®
airport environment to aid situational awareness while taxiing. SVT
also displays 3D building footprints including hangars, terminals
and towers, taxiways, aprons, signs and other markings to help
reduce runway incursions by providing guidance while taxiing at
airports contained in the SafeTaxi database. The enhancements also
support pilot situational awareness by increasing topographical
clarity, sharpening water and terrain boundaries, improving
obstacle and powerlines display and enhancing runway and airport
sign depictions. SVT introduces multiple viewpoints for the first
time and integrates with the new Taxiway Routing feature that
provides clarity during ground operations – particularly at large,
unfamiliar and complex airports during low visibility
conditions.
The Latitude and Longitude can utilize the standard ADS-B In
capability for Cockpit Display of Traffic Information (CDTI)
Assisted Visual Separation (CAVS). CAVS increases pilots’ traffic
awareness and assists pilots in maintaining separation from
preceding aircraft equipped with ADS-B out during visual approaches
to landing. SURF IA also utilizes ADS-B data to provide alerts when
attempting a takeoff or landing on an occupied runway.
For qualifying regions, the GDL 60 Datalink offers
high-bandwidth data exchange and connectivity options, including
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and LTE networks. The GDL 60 features the ability
to complete automatic wireless database downloads over network
connections while the aircraft is powered off. Additionally,
enhancements to the GDL 69A allow the Garmin G5000 suite to access
more SiriusXM Weather products.
Cessna Citation jets are versatile and reliable business tools
that enable customers to fulfil a wide range of missions. The
Citation Latitude has been the world’s most-delivered midsize
business jet for eight consecutive years and has proved a hit with
customers due to its reliability, versatility and impressive range.
The Citation Longitude is equally designed around the pilot
experience, passenger comfort and overall performance, delivering
an aircraft that lives up to its designation as the flagship of the
Citation family of business jets.
About the Cessna Citation Latitude
The Citation Latitude midsize business jet, with a
four-passenger range of 2,700 nautical miles (5,000 km) at
high-speed cruise, is set apart from the competition by its
combination of comfort and efficiency. The aircraft’s class-leading
take-off field length of 3,580 feet provides operators with greater
range out of short fields. Inside, the Citation Latitude offers an
unrivaled cabin experience featuring the most open, spacious,
bright and refined cabin environment in its category. With a flat
floor and six feet of cabin height, innovation abounds with
exceptional features designed throughout the aircraft.
About the Citation Longitude
With a range of 3,500 nautical miles (6,482 kilometers) and full
fuel payload of 1,600 pounds (726 kilograms), the Citation
Longitude elevates passenger experience in the super-midsize class
by delivering cabin sound levels that are nearly twice as quiet as
the nearest competitor, a low cabin altitude (5,950 feet/1,814
meters), more standard features and an elegant yet comfortable,
bespoke interior. No other super-midsize business jet offers more
range, greater payload or higher cruise speed at a lower direct
operating cost.
About Textron Aviation
We inspire the journey of flight. For more than 95 years,
Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, has empowered our
collective talent across the Beechcraft, Cessna and Hawker brands
to design and deliver the best aviation experience for our
customers. With a range that includes everything from business
jets, turboprops, and high-performance pistons, to special mission,
military trainer and defense products, Textron Aviation has the
most versatile and comprehensive aviation product portfolio in the
world and a workforce that has produced more than half of all
general aviation aircraft worldwide. Customers in more than 170
countries rely on our legendary performance, reliability and
versatility, along with our trusted global customer service
network, for affordable and flexible flight.
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About Textron Inc.
Textron Inc. is a multi-industry company that leverages its
global network of aircraft, defense, industrial and finance
businesses to provide customers with innovative solutions and
services. Textron is known around the world for its powerful brands
such as Bell, Cessna, Beechcraft, Pipistrel, Jacobsen, Kautex,
Lycoming, E-Z-GO, Arctic Cat, Textron Systems, and TRU Simulation.
For more information, visit: www.textron.com
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