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Chelton and Kollsman integrating EVS on PFD

Chelton Flight Systems and Kollsman are one step closer to introducing technology that can integrate the display symbology from Chelton’s FlightLogic EFIS

By Stephen Pope

December 18, 2006

Chelton Flight Systems and Kollsman are one step closer to introducing technology that can integrate the display symbology from Chelton’s FlightLogic EFIS with the infrared video image of Kollsman’s GAViS (general aviation vision system), a forward-looking camera that holds the promise of giving pilots a new way of seeing the world ahead.

The companies signed a nondisclosure agreement last month after announcing the collaboration at the NBAA Convention in October. Chelton’s next-generation displays, selected for the Bell 417, will be the platform for the integration software, which will present the infrared enhanced-vision image on the new type of VGA screens.

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