Avionics News June 2017 - 19
(Beechcraft, Bell Helicopter, Cessna), Boeing,
Bombardier, CASA, Canadair, Dassault's Falcon line, as
well as Eurocopter, Gulfstream, Learjet, Pilatus, Piper,
Robinson Helicopter and Sikorsky Aircraft. All are
available in compact, lightweight packages suitable for
mounting in a variety of locations.
Two technologies made possible the expansion of EVS
to light aircraft - from predominately military - and
together formed the foundation for the founding of MaxViz.
The first technology came from Honeywell in
the form of an uncooled focal plane sensor array, or
microbolometer. This sensor detects thermal infrared
radiation without the cryogenic cooling systems required
of earlier sensors. The Honeywell invention allowed the
conversion of the electromagnetic thermal impulses into
signals for display on a monitor.
The second technology, a patented system to fuse
video images from multiple sources, was patented by Dr.
J. Richard Kerr - one of the original founders of MaxViz.
This second invention enabled the combining of
signals from a visible light source to be combined
with the signals from an infrared source to produce
an image effectively turning night into day. Max-Viz
licensed the microbolometer design from Honeywell for
use in aviation and initially licensed the fusion patent
(developed by Dr. Kerr) from FLIR Systems. In 2012,
the company was acquired by Astronics Corp. as a
wholly owned subsidiary.
Today, Astronics' Max-Viz is a dominant player
in the general aviation EVS market, with products
ranging from the dual-sensor Max-Viz 600 and 2300, to
several single-sensor models, among them the X1 for
experimental aircraft.
The Max-Viz 2300 is a multispectral imager sensitive
to long wave infrared, visible light plus a near infrared
sensor and patented blending and dynamic range
management image processing. Designed for general
aviation, the sensor is housed in a rugged cylinder for
quick and easy installation, and the image is presented
on any display that accepts NTSC/analog composite
video signals. A separate color video is provided for
presentation on a separate display or the passenger cabin
entertainment system.
SVS options:
Choose one from many prospects
Put simply, options exist for any pilot of any kind of
aircraft to fly behind an SVS display.
Fly a business-turbine aircraft? An advanced high-
performance piston single? An open-cockpit antique
or single-seat experimental? An option exists for all of
them.
The most-flexible option available arises out of the
electronic flight bags pilots increasingly use in place of
paper charts.
Virtually every EFB-software provider offers an SVS
option to run on tablet computer - like the ubiquitous
iPad - or notebook computer. With an attitude sensing,
the SVS on these devices provide pilots with a backup
navigation and attitude display independent of the
aircraft's systems.
Most of today's modern integrated avionics offer an
option to display SVS on a primary flight display - with
the companion multifunction display using the same
data to render a top-down, similarly dynamic view of the
terrain around the aircraft and the aircraft's position over
that terrain.
Newer all-in-one GPS/NAV/COM/MFD boxes
increasingly offer a version of SVS - some with
functional TAWS capabilities, some of those approved
for that use.
Avidyne recently received approval for the SVS
available on its newly upgraded IFD 550 flight
management system/MFD/communicator.
Many retrofit glass components offer as standard, or
an available option, SVS - among them new plug-in
replacements for the venerable attitude gyro. And the
options will only continue to grow.
Blended vision:
The already here merger of EVS and SVS
This is a growth area for these two technologies,
and several companies have been delivering their
versions for several years: systems that merge or fuse
graphics generated by SVS with images produced by
EVS sensors, to give the pilot the best of both worlds ...
without depriving them of the features both technologies
provide.
Rockwell Collins, Honeywell and L3 have all worked
to offer this ultimate in vision-enhancing technologies
and expect it to expand through general aviation in both
directions - more business-turbine systems as well as
versions suitable for light piston aircraft.
With these two complementary technologies running
on the same display screen, pilots truly have access to
vision only a few years ago either impossible to find - or
unaffordable for all but the business-turbine operators.
That threshold will arrive sooner than many expect -
and just in time for the operator interested in seeing the
world in all conditions. q
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