Avionics
EVS market tightening as competing players emerge
MaxVis Inc., a new company established in Portland, Ore., has thrown its hat into the enhanced vision system (EVS) ring, where competition is heating up.

MaxVis Inc., a new company established in Portland, Ore., has thrown its hat into the enhanced vision system (EVS) ring, where competition is heating up. EVS units are add-ons to head-up displays (HUD) and use infrared sensors to “see” through cloud and fog to provide an almost photographic quality image on the HUD of the situation ahead, far beyond the pilot’s visual range.

One long-time industry observer has likened today’s burgeoning interest in HUD and EVS equipment to the early days of weather radar, where–from a few aircraft flying circular-sweep monochrome displays–the market grew. With the advent of color sector-sweep displays, it rapidly accelerated. “HUD and EVS are on the same track,” he said, “and by 2010 they will be standard on all airplanes, except smaller general aviation aircraft.”