Avionics
Skylens, Elbit’s Wearable EVS, Nears Certification
Certification of HeliEVS could occur in 2017.
Elbit touts Skylens as a wearable head-up display for non-helmet users.(Photo: Mariano Rosales)
Elbit touts Skylens as a wearable head-up display for non-helmet users.(Photo: Mariano Rosales)

Elbit Systems of Haifa, Israel, is already flying its enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) for helicopters, Clearvision HeliEVS, on an MBB BO 105. The company expects EASA certification of the fixed-wing version, Clearvision EFVS, in the second half of 2017 in conjunction with ATR. Certification of HeliEVS could occur in parallel or follow soon after, depending upon an arrangement with a customer, which could likely be an offshore operator. Many operators are interested, according to Dror Yahav, Elbit vice president of commercial aviation.