02 Jul 2009 EVS is a highly sensitive, wide spectrum Infrared camera that provides commercial, business and military aircraft pilots with clear Head-Up Display (HUD) video images of the runway environment. EVS is the first FAA-certified Enhanced Vision System, and essential part of the Kollsman's "All Weather Window™"" system being installed in the Gulfstream business jets, FEDEX fleet, Embraer aircrafts and as for after market business, installed by Jetcraft in retrofit airplanes. Winner of the 2003 Robert J. Collier award, the Gulfstream G550 is the first civil aviation aircraft to be equipped with the EVS.
The EVS system facilitates precision approaches and safe landings in reduced visibility conditions, including thick fog, smog, heavy rain and snow. EVS’s operating bandwidth fuses both the near and medium IR spectrum to provide clear images of approach and runway lights, runway threshold, buildings, other visual cues, obstructions and aircraft in close proximity. |
