Avionics
Gulfstream tests GV with synthetic vision system
Test pilots from NASA and Gulfstream this summer are flying
a GV equipped with a synthetic-vision system (SVS) intended to improve pilot situational

Test pilots from NASA and Gulfstream this summer are flying
a GV equipped with a synthetic-vision system (SVS) intended to improve pilot situational awareness and prevent CFIT accidents. NASA is using the airplane to explore advanced vision and runway-incursion technologies that could one day be brought to civil aviation.

Flying with a combination of head-up displays, an advanced multi- scan weather radar, advanced sensors, a voice-recognition system and cockpit displays with computer-generated images of the terrain, the GV pilots in late June flew a series of instrument approaches to NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia using only SVS for visual guidance.