AEA Recognizes Members for Training Commitment
The Aircraft Electronics Association announces the recipients of the annual Avionics Training Excellence Award, which recognizes AEA member companies for their total commitment to continued education as evidenced by participation in AEA-approved training. A total of 43 member companies are receiving the 2024 AEA Avionics Training Excellence Award.
For a member company to be eligible for the AEA Avionics Training Excellence Award, all of its technicians must complete at least one of the following AEA-approved training events in the previous year:
- in-person courses conducted at AEA headquarters
- AEA International Convention & Trade Show
- AEA Regionals
- Avionics News Technical Training Exam
- online training via the AEA's Aerospace Education Resource Online (AERO) system
- AEA virtual-live training courses
- original equipment manufacturer training from AEA member companies
- AEA partner training.
The following companies completed the training requirements and received the 2024 AEA Avionics Training Excellence Award:
- Accessory Services Inc. — Anchorage, AK
- Aerotronics Inc. — Billings, MT
- Aircraft and Avionics Sales Inc. — New Cumberland, PA
- Atlantic Avionics — Goffs, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Baker Avionics LLC — Grants Pass, OR
- Bismarck Aero Center — Bismarck, ND
- CE Avionics Inc. — Sanford, FL
- Chevron Aircraft Operations — Picayune, MS
- Columbia Helicopters Inc. — Aurora, OR
- Cutting Edge Avionics — San Andreas, CA
- Depot Avionics — Alamosa, CO
- Dyersburg Avionics of Caruthersville — Caruthersville, MO
- Empire Avionics — White Plains, NY
- Fargo Jet Center LLC — Fargo, ND
- Flight-Deck Avionics LLC — Salt Lake City, UT
- Garmin AT — Salem, OR
- Green Mountain Avionics — Middlebury, VT
- Gulf Coast Avionics Corp. — Lakeland, FL
- Holder Aviation Inc. — Pell City, AL
- Huron Avionics — Owosso, MI
- Islip Avionics Inc. — Ronkonkoma, NY
- Jet Air Group — Green Bay, WI
- JP Avionics BV — Vlissingen, Netherlands
- MAF International — Mareeba, Queensland, Australia
- Mayday Avionics Inc. — Grand Rapids, MI
- McCreery Aviation Co. Inc. — McAllen, TX
- Mid-Canada Mod Center — Breslau, Ontario, Canada
- Modern Aviation — Wilmington, NC
- Northeast Air Inc. — Portland, ME
- NorthStar Suppliers S.A. de C.V. — Cuautitlán Izcalli, Mexico
- Park Rapids Avionics Inc. — Park Rapids, MN
- Pegasus Technologies Inc. — Green Cove Springs, FL
- Prodigious Jet Services LLC — Royal Palm Beach, FL
- Skytech Inc. — Westminster, MD
- South Avionics Training Center— Kissimmee, FL
- Southeast Aerospace Inc. — Melbourne, FL
- Temple Electronics Co. — Arcola, TX
- Textron Aviation–Tampa — Tampa, FL
- Thom Duncan Avionics LLC — Fayetteville, TN
- Time Calibrations — San Angelo, TX
- Tomlinson Avionics of Florida Inc. — Fort Myers, FL
- Top Flight Avionics — Belleville, MI
- Wilmington Avionics Inc. — New Castle, DE
Applications for the 2025 award are now available for AEA members at aea.net/training/ate. The application deadline is Dec. 31, 2025.