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Prominently on display at Aerial View Systems’ exhibit at NBAA 2013 (Booth No. 5525) is its new AVS820-HD tail camera, which is also featured here at the show on Gulfstream’s G280 demonstrator.
The camera was fabricated via Catia design software and five-axis CNC machining and is already being delivered for the Boeing Business Jet and executive 747. “We’ve also done drawings for a Falcon 900,” added Aerial View founder and president Joe Brunner. One of the more unique aspects of Aerial View’s AVS820-HD is that it is delivered with a custom conforming enclosure, including heated sapphire window.
Aerial View also has something old that’s new again: its AVS860-HD dome camera, which is reappearing with some nifty new features. According to Brunner, a former customer who wanted a high-definition version rather than the standard AVS480 prompted the revival. Aerial View did that and more. The new same-size AVS860-HD offers 1080p high-definition resolution and it pans, tilts, zooms and offers continuous 360-degree scanning. And it fits neatly, if a bit tightly, into the old housing. He added that the company also has plans for a variant that will interface with the onboard in-flight entertainment server.
“The former customer has ordered two and plans to take two more when the new 747s are delivered,” said Brunner. “And there are about two dozen other customers that are likely to want the upgrade.”
Also in the works is a miniature AVS760-IP dome camera. Video output interfaces directly with the customer’s server; it pans, tilts and zooms and provides 360-degree scan, although the scan is not continuous.
The AVS420-HD and AVS460-SD glare shield cameras can now be upgraded to the AVS800-HD. If the aircraft system is standard definition, the new 800-HD can be down-converted to standard definition, which is still a very high-resolution 700p picture.
Aerial View sees an active market for the AVS800-HD as some 1,000 aircraft with standard definition AVS420/460 cameras are currently in service. “And if the customer wants to upgrade the old standard system to HD, it can be easily done,” Brunner said.