Challenger 605 jet's enhanced vision system, HUD receive FAA certification
MONTREAL, Quebec, 14 Dec. 2009. Bombardier Aerospace officials announced that the Bombardier enhanced vision system (BEVS) and head-up display (HUD) for the Challenger 605 jet received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification.
BEVS provides pilots with improved situational awareness and the ability to observe runway lights and the runway environment in difficult operating conditions, such as low visibility and or darkness. BEVS also enhances safety by helping to identify runway incursions.
BEVS includes the SureSight CMA-2600i infrared camera, which processes real-time images in darkness or low-visibility conditions. The camera's positioning on the upper portion of the aircraft nose places the BEVS directly in line with the pilot's visual reference point and makes cockpit views more natural, Bombardier officials say. It provides images of the approach, runway lighting, and of terrain scenery that viewed on the avionics displays– the pilot's HUD and on the co-pilot's multi-function display, a head-down display that provides the same level of situational awareness.
The BEVS HUD display features a wide field-of-view digital head-up display with a liquid crystal display image source. The system provides pilots with the same flight-guidance symbology whether the EVS image is displayed or not, offering improved situational awareness, stable visual approaches, improved touchdown precision, and greater safety through eyes-out-of-the-flight-deck operation, Bombardier officials say.
BEVS is being developed in cooperation with Rockwell Collins, the overall HUD and Enhanced Vision System integrator, and Esterline CMC Electronics, the supplier of the SureSight CMA-2600i Integrated Sensor System, a new development of the currently certified CMA-2600.
"This certification is great news for Challenger 605 aircraft operators in North America. Safety is a priority in our industry and the new BEVS will provide flight crews and passengers with a significantly increased level of safety in their operations," says Michel Ouellette, vice-president and general manager, Challenger, Bombardier Business Aircraft.
