RE:STC for AFIRS EDGE on Airbus!Getting this Transport Canada STC for the Airbus A320 family of aircraft should start the ball rolling for Edge installations. The AFIRS 228 still has its place and I expect airlines will buy into both devices for their independent and combined purposes and solutions. The STC for the Boeing 737 family should follow on, and certification in other jurisdictions can likely be advanced with the TC STC as their basis.
Hopefully the news release will clarify if this is for both the Edge and the Edge+ (see pics below).
I anticipate that hardware sales will be the key to profitability over the next couple of years - until SaaS sales overtake them.
Flyht was working on a service with MBS Electronic Systems that would have depended on the Edge being certified. I believe a mockup has been demonstrated at trade shows already. Perhaps we will hear about this product’s readiness for market very soon also. The whole
May 3, 2022. Kent Jacobs: “This partnership with MBS enables us to combine our AFIRS Edge platform, an advanced secure avionics data repository, with an advanced avionics data loader capability provided by the experts at MBS.”
https://flyht.com/investors/news-and-media/view/flyht-aerospace-solutions-and-mbs-electronic-systems-partner-to-prototype-secure-wireless-avionics-software/ Here is a link to a PDF about the Edge as part of a WQAR solution.
https://flyht.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Edge_1pager_EMAIL.pdf The PDF is entitled: "5G WQAR UPGRADE INSTALLED IN 5 MINUTES".
"AFIRS EDGE is a plug-in compatible 5G WQAR overnight replacement, available at the cost
of a 2G/3G WQAR repair or upgrade".
Link to viewing the STC online... Clicking on “View current certificate in PDF format” should work.
https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/nico-celn/c_d.aspx?lang=eng&aprv_num=SA22-70&ISU_NUM=1&START_DATE=2022-10-26&AUTH_DESC=TC&DESC=Installation+of+the+AFIRS+Edge+wiring+and+structural+provisions&FRGN_NUM=&aprv_type=STA&PARTS_NUM=&id_num=62236 The Edge.
https://flyht.com/airborne-hardware/afirs-edge/ 
The Edge + .
https://flyht.com/airborne-hardware/afirs-edge-plus/ 