Aviat Aircraft announced it intends to make Forward Vision’s EVS-100 available as optional equipment on new Huskys, or as a retrofit for existing Huskys, making them the first GA manufacturer to offer the system.

The EVS-100 (enhanced vision system) responds to long-wave infrared, providing pilots with a highly effective, low-cost, non-cryogenically cooled night vision system. Until now, the only EVS systems offered by aircraft manufacturers have been much higher in price and only available on business aircraft.

The EVS-100 has the capability of extending forward vision at least eight times what the naked eye can see in snow storms, fog, haze, smoke, or total darkness. "This advanced technology can be used in search-and-rescue, fire safety, and border patrol applications, as well as everyday use by pilots who want to fly safer," said Stu Horn, president of Aviat Aircraft.

The Forward Vision system includes an infrared sensor that functions like a video camera. Weighing 1.2 pounds, the sensor is mounted on top of the aircraft, and the display for the system may be mounted in various locations in the cockpit, providing a 40-degree wide image of what is in front of the aircraft.

Aviat Aircraft will offer installed Forward Vision systems for $22,000 in new Husky aircraft and will retrofit the units in earlier models of the Husky for the same price.

For more information on the EVS-100 systems, visit Forward Vision at Booth 3052 in Exhibit Hangar C, or go to
www.ForwardVision.net or www.AviatAircraft.com.