The ClearVision STC includes mounting Universal’s EVS-4000 multispectral camera on the King Air’s nose & pilot wearing the SkyLens head-wearable display (HWD).
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Wichita-based MRO provider Global Aviation Tech has received FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) approval to install Universal Avionics ClearVision enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) in Beechcraft King Air 200 and 300 twin turboprops. Developed in partnership with Universal Avionics, the ClearVision STC includes mounting Universal’s EVS-4000 multispectral camera on the King Air’s nose and the pilot wearing the SkyLens head-wearable display (HWD).
ClearVision and SkyLens bring HUD capability into smaller aircraft at a cost much lower than a traditional HUD, which has a projector mounted on the cockpit ceiling and a fixed combiner glass through which the pilot views HUD imagery. Wearing the SkyLens HWD, the pilot can view HUD imagery in any direction, essentially providing a nearly unlimited field of view, while traditional HUDs are limited to the field of view available through the combiner, usually around 40 degrees.
The view through the SkyLens head-wearable display
ClearVision EFVS also combines enhanced vision (infrared) and synthetic vision system imagery “to display real-time environmental data onto the pilot’s natural vision, even in low-visibility conditions such as haze, smoke, and darkness,” according to Universal Avionics.
The Universal Avionics ClearVision head-wearable head-up display
“This first-to-market technology supports aerial firefighting, emergency medical services, special operations, and VIP flights, allowing them to improve mission effectiveness and perform vital tasks with greater precision and safety,” said Universal Avionics CEO Dror Yahav.
Global Aviation STCs ClearVision EFVS in King Airs
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Wichita-based MRO provider Global Aviation Tech has received FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) approval to install Universal Avionics ClearVision enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) in Beechcraft King Air 200 and 300 twin turboprops. Developed in partnership with Universal Avionics, the ClearVision STC includes mounting Universal’s EVS-4000 multispectral camera on the King Air’s nose and the pilot wearing the SkyLens head-wearable display (HWD).
ClearVision and SkyLens bring HUD capability into smaller aircraft at a cost much lower than a traditional HUD, which has a projector mounted on the cockpit ceiling and a fixed combiner glass through which the pilot views HUD imagery. Wearing the SkyLens HWD, the pilot can view HUD imagery in any direction, essentially providing a nearly unlimited field of view, while traditional HUDs are limited to the field of view available through the combiner, usually around 40 degrees.
“This first-to-market technology supports aerial firefighting, emergency medical services, special operations, and VIP flights, allowing them to improve mission effectiveness and perform vital tasks with greater precision and safety,” said Universal Avionics CEO Dror Yahav.
