Avionics
CMC accelerates pace of enhanced vision testing
With the ink still fresh on the paperwork certifying the installation of the $500,000 enhanced vision system (EVS) from Gulfstream and Kollsman, rival avio

With the ink still fresh on the paperwork certifying the installation of the $500,000 enhanced vision system (EVS) from Gulfstream and Kollsman, rival avionics manufacturers are accelerating their development programs to bring competing products to market quickly.

Canada’s CMC Electronics has jumped out into the lead and appears poised to become just the second maker to build and certify an EVS for business aviation. However, unlike the package designed for Gulfstream jets–which can be used only with the Honeywell 2020 head-up display–CMC is developing a system that it said could be certified for use with any raster-capable HUD, a capability that has raised the interest of several airframe OEMs.