Avionics
Honeywell’s SVS/EVS Could Yield Lower Minimums
Honeywell has started flight testing a technology that merges the view of an infrared enhanced-vision system (EVS) with that of a synthetic-vision system (

Honeywell has started flight testing a technology that merges the view of an infrared enhanced-vision system (EVS) with that of a synthetic-vision system (SVS) to give pilots a new way of seeing the world at night or in poor visibility.

The company said it has completed about 25 hours of evaluations in a Cessna Citation V and a Sovereign fitted with forward-looking IR sensors and its SmartView SVS. Developers hope the combination of SVS and EVS will be good enough to convince the FAA to permit lower approach minimums in the form of landing “credits.”