Editors' Choice: The EVS team
The enhanced vision system (EVS)–a tiny infrared camera that marries an image of the world outside the airplane to the head-up display–could easily be list

The enhanced vision system (EVS)–a tiny infrared camera that marries an image of the world outside the airplane to the head-up display–could easily be listed as one of the most important aviation safety innovations of the last 20 years.

Certified in October for installation aboard the Gulfstream V, the $500,000 EVS hardware and software package allows properly trained pilots to fly approaches to Cat II minimums at Type 1 airports, meaning a descent below 200 ft height above terrain (HAT) to 100 ft HAT, using the raster view on the HUD to see the airport environment.