CMC Electronics develops and manufactures avionics and cockpit systems for civil and military aircraft. Its portfolio covers navigation equipment, flight management systems, displays, avionics computers and optoelectronics. The company has operations in Montreal, Quebec, and describes manufacturing capabilities across Canada and the United States. Company capabilities, locations.
Navigation and flight management
CMC’s navigation products include Global Navigation Satellite System receivers, commonly called GNSS receivers, and flight management systems. The receiver provides satellite-navigation information; the flight management system supports the aircraft’s navigation and flight-management functions. CMC maintains separate civil and military flight-management product offerings. GNSS receivers, military flight management systems.
These products sit within a wider cockpit integration activity. CMC describes engineering services covering hardware and software development, installation design, human factors and system integration laboratories. Engineering capabilities.
Displays, mission computing and optoelectronics
The display portfolio includes head-up displays, multifunction displays and custom cockpit panels. CMC also offers avionics computers and the TacView+ portable mission display, which it describes as an avionics system intended for cockpit and mission-system integration. Display portfolio, TacView+.
Optoelectronics and microelectronics form another part of the business. CMC lists these capabilities alongside avionics fabrication, integration and testing, giving the company both component-manufacturing and cockpit-system roles. Manufacturing capabilities.
Canadian Marconi and Esterline history
CMC’s corporate history explains several names associated with the business. Canadian Marconi Company became CMC Electronics in 2001, and Esterline acquired CMC in 2007. TransDigm subsequently acquired Esterline in 2019. These milestones explain references to Canadian Marconi and Esterline CMC Electronics in older product and program material. Corporate history.