Avionics
Rockwell continues testing Pro Line Fusion cockpit
Rockwell Collins has started fligh

Rockwell Collins has started
flight trials of the synthetic-vision portion of the Pro Line Fusion integrated avionics system in a company-owned Challenger 601, adding one of the last–and most highly anticipated–features to the new avionics system.

The milestone follows testing begun earlier this year aboard the Challenger and a Bombardier Global Express XRS that centered on evaluations of the Fusion cockpit displays, integrated cursor controls, radio tuning functions, flight management systems and autopilot. The start of synthetic-vision system (SVS) testing moves the program into a new phase as engineers hone the 3-D, computer-generated visuals to make the scenes they present as beneficial to pilots as possible.