A new entrant to the infrared enhanced-vision system (EVS) market, Lexavia, is about to receive FAA certification of its first camera/display installation, on a Eurocopter AS355 TwinStar law-enforcement helicopter. Chuck Crompton, business development director for the Pensacola, Fla.-based integrated systems house, said the STC will soon be followed by several others. “We’re already looking at our next-generation system even as we’re taking our first systems to market,” he said. “We’re in the starting gate.”
He added that Lexavia will soon introduce even smaller and lighter infrared cameras with the same or better performance. “The [infrared] detectors themselves are getting smaller, so we’ll be offering higher resolution in a smaller package.” One, about the size of a GPS antenna–the smallest and lightest EVS sensor ever, according to Crompton–is on display at the company’s booth (No. N517). Lexavia’s low-profile LFS 6000 weighs 5.6 ounces and is designed for high airspeed environments.
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