It primarily focuses on flight management systems (FMS) and cockpit instrument displays for private, business, and commercial aircraft.

[3] On September 25, 2007, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave TSO approval to Universal's WAAS/SBAS enabled Flight Management Systems.

[8] In March 2018 it was announced that the Naimer family was selling the company to Israel's Elbit Systems;[9] the sale was completed the following month.

[1] Following the acquisition Universal Avionics will continue to operate, with the same management and workforce and under the same name, as a wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Elbit Systems of America.

Universal offers the 1 MCU UniLink CMU (Communication Management Unit) with or without a built-in VDR (VHF Data Radio).