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Collins Aerospace’s HUD VR Offers a New Perspective
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently ordered a Head-Up Display (HUD) Virtual-Reality (VR) training device from Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. The device will be used in scientific research, in areas such as pilot-HUD interface, pilot performance and crew workload.
The HUD VR trainer enables pilots to become familiar with a Collins Aerospace HUD on approaches and landing in difficult conditions before entering a full flight simulator or flying the aircraft. It provides a unique out-of-the-window view of what a pilot would actually see when flying with a HUD that uses the company’s Head-up Guidance System (HGS) and Enhanced Vision System (EVS).
The HGS with enhanced vision has been designed to give pilots the assurance of unprecedented situational and terrain awareness. It provides a seamless replacement for analogue Head-up Displays (HUD) without the need for special modifications. Its real-time, eyes-forward capabilities improve safety by increasing pilot awareness of airplane state and stability, enabling precise tactical approaches and low visibility operations.
Collins Aerospace is now actively certifying aircraft types to descend below DA/DH approach minima when EVS is displayed on a forward mounted HGS. The new digital HGS-6500 will be available for C-130J operators starting in early 2020.
Certification for the C-130J is expected starting in 2020, with final FAA Landing guidance per 14 CVR 91.176 (a)/(b) for EFVS-I and EVFS-II planned mid-2021. When paired with the HGS, the EVS-3600 provides a host of additional benefits.
The design of this VR device is set to provide the FAA scientists a great deal of flexibility, efficiency and effectiveness in conducting research in the domain of advanced vision systems on HUDs.
“The HUD VR system provides increased access to training, helping pilots get as much time as they need using a HUD on approaches and landing in difficult conditions,” said Nick Gibbs, vice president and general manager, Simulation and Training Solutions for Collins Aerospace. “Our trainer can significantly reduce the length of time it takes for a pilot to become familiar with this technology, making them more productive once they enter the full-flight simulator or live flight.”
Collins Aerospace is one of the industry’s leaders in providing HGS and EVS technologies to a variety of business, commercial and military aircraft operators. The technologies add an improved level of safety and confidence when flying at night, low visibility or adverse weather conditions. HGS and EVS can also help improve military mission success with aircraft such as the C-130J, helping aircrews more accurately see drop zones, runways or other targets regardless of the conditions.
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