Story ID: 499Universal Aperture
Universal's Aperture Brings AI To Civil Cockpits
By: Mark Huber
Caption: Universal Avionics introduces Aperture, a sensor fusion and augmented reality platform for situational awareness.
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Universal Avionics (UA, Booth No. 2545) is introducing Aperture, a sensor fusion and augmented reality platform for situational awareness. It is on display in Universal’s booth at BACE. Aperture can stitch and blend multiple external sensor inputs to provide a 360-degree composite visual to flight crews wearing Universal’s SkyLens helmet-worn displays.  Certification and delivery are scheduled for Q3 2022.

Aperture is a family of products that builds on multi-sensor video management and can process a variety of video and sensor inputs to deliver real-time analysis such as visual positioning, obstacle detection, taxi guidance, and traffic awareness.  The initial release of Aperture will process eight video inputs supporting up to four video outputs with near zero latency at a Design Assurance Level A. 

Aperture is the foundation for Universal’s proprietary algorithms, currently undergoing trials, that will enable real-time, automatic object detection, classification and notification, and semantic segmentation. This includes the detection and notification of potential hazards such as nearby power lines or traffic on and around an active runway. The platform will combine information from on-board sensors and other avionics systems including mission computers and FMS to increase the situational awareness of flight crews and, when appropriate, provide them with guidance during all phases of flight. “The Aperture suite of capabilities will establish a new benchmark in sensor fusion, AI-powered augmented reality, and ultimately aircraft safety,” said said Dror Yahav, Universal Avionics CEO.