Astronics Corporation has announced that an amended\nSupplemental Type Certificate (STC) has been approved for the Max-Viz 2300\nEnhanced Vision System (EVS). Offered by Astronics’ wholly owned subsidiary\nAstronics Max-Viz and obtained in cooperation with AVIO dg in Calgary Canada,\nthe STC covers multiple Textron and Leonardo Helicopter models, including AW109\nand AW119 aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and\nTransport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) approvals, images produced by the\nMax-Viz 2300 can now be presented on MFDs (Multi Function Displays), PFDs\n(Primary Flight Displays), or on standalone displays depending on aircraft\nconfigurations. The amendment upgrades the wiring package to include VIVISUN\u00ae\nSwitches for more effective mission utilization with NVGs (Night Vision\nGoggles) in search & rescue, emergency medical services, aerial\nfirefighting, and military applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Our technology provides pilots with an unprecedented\nlevel of situational awareness and safety,” said Tom Geiger, Business Unit\nManager for Astronics Max-Viz. “We worked closely with AVIO dg to get this\ntechnology approved for daily missions on these Leonardo helicopters,” he\nadded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Astronics Max-Viz EVS provides improved safety and enhanced\nvision, enabling pilots to see more precisely in adverse weather conditions,\nsuch as haze, smoke, smog, and light fog, even on the darkest night. At night,\npilots can also see and avoid clouds for a smoother ride. While landing, pilots\nusing the Max-Viz EVS can identify the runway and view the terrain clearly to\navoid wildlife and unlit obstructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A recent ruling from the FAA permitting properly equipped\naircraft to fly certain Instrument Flight Rule (IFR) approaches to landing, in\nlieu of natural vision, is expected to drive additional acceptance of EVS\ntechnology. Of the over 3,250 installed Astronics Max-Vis EVS systems,\napproximately 60 percent are on fixed-wing general aviation aircraft and 40\npercent are operating on helicopters. With Supplemental and Type Certificates\nin both fixed wing and rotor wing aircraft, Astronics Max-Viz offers products\nbuilt on more than 15 years of success in enhanced vision systems. View the EVS\nofferings in detail at www.astronics.com\/max-viz<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n AVIO dg offers avionics system design, product design,\nelectrical and structural design and substantiations, development and testing,\naircraft livery design and drawings, aero medical HEMS, certification for human\nfactors and ergonomic evaluations, advanced 3d printing\/part creation, NVIS\nlighting designs, and repair designs. Avio dg will serve as the point of\ncontact for obtaining new installations of the Max-Viz 2300 with this STC, and\ncan be reached at www.avio-dg.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Astronics Corporation has announced that an amended Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) has been approved for the Max-Viz 2300 Enhanced Vision System (EVS). Offered by Astronics’ wholly owned subsidiary Astronics Max-Viz and obtained in cooperation with AVIO dg in Calgary Canada, the STC covers multiple Textron and Leonardo Helicopter models, including AW109 and AW119 aircraft. With […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12045,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Leonardo-2019-02-20T150703.520.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12046,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12044\/revisions\/12046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}