Aircraft utilize Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) for navigation, flight path determination, and landings by gauging their distance from ground-based points. Often integrated with ILS and VOR systems, standalone DMEs are also available, with prominent models by Garmin and Bendix King. Notably, BendixKing's Silver Crown KN 63 is a TSO'd, all solid-state DME, boasting 100 watts, 200 channels, and LSI circuit technology. It offers swift distance lock-on, groundspeeds up to 999 knots, and distances up to 389 nm, all displayed on the KDI 574 panel.

Aircraft use Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) to determine their distance from a point or equipment on the ground. These systems are used for navigation, determination of flight paths and are also used during landings.

Aircraft DME system works in cooperation with the ground stations, they are also automatically co-located with the ILS and VOR equipment. However, DME systems can be also installed separately. In this category, you can find reliable aircraft DME systems made by Garmin and Bendix King.

Only BendixKing Silver Crown KN 63 offers so many high-performance DME features in one compact, low-cost package.

The TSO'd KN 63 is a complete 100 watt, 200-channel remote DME system utilizing Large Scale Integrated (LSI) circuit technology. Offering significant advantages in DME reliability and performance, the KN 63 is all solid-state (no transmitter tubes) and can be installed with either single or dual panel indicators.

Distances up to 389 nm (at line-of-sight altitude), groundspeeds up to 999 knots and time-to-station up to 99 minutes are computed digitally and displayed simultaneously on the KDI 574 panel display.

Distance lock-on is virtually instantaneous (usually within one second) with accurate groundspeed and time-to-station readouts following in less than a minute.