Forward.Vision Expands Platforms, Gains RTCA Certification

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Key Takeaways:

  • Forward.Vision announced marketing and OEM agreements for its EVS-100 infrared-based enhanced vision system, aiming to make it available on more experimental aircraft.
  • The company received RTCA DO-160E approval, which is a key step towards obtaining installation STCs for the EVS-100.
  • New partnerships include Comp Air and Expedition Aircraft offering the EVS-100 on their aircraft lines, and Eriksson Aviation and Hawker Pacific joining as dealers.
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Forward.Vision announced this week at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008 marketing and OEM agreements designed to make the company’s EVS-100 infrared-based enhanced vision system available on many more experimental aircraft. The company also announced it had received RTCA DO-160E approval, paving the way for its first installation STCs.

Airframe manufacturers embracing the EVS-100 include Comp Air, which will make the system available on its line of turbine-powered kit aircraft, and Expedition Aircraft, which will offer the self-contained unit on their EX-350 and EX-350 XC. Separately, both Eriksson Aviation of St. Paul, MN, and Australia-based Hawker Pacific have signed on as Forward.Vision dealers.

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