Infrared cameras and systems find commercial use in EVS aircraft landing assistance systems, thereby increasing passenger safety and traffic capacity of heavily frequented airports.

 

The Enhanced Vision System (EVS) is a recently developed system to "see" through darkness and most types of fog and precipitation, and presents a "picture" image on the Head Up Display (HUD) of the airport environment ahead, showing approach lights, runways and taxiways, plus aircraft, vehicles and other hazards on the airport surface.

 

Infrared sensors can detect fractional differences in the temperatures of distant objects, almost regardless of intervening fog or precipitation. This "thermal sensing" quality is used to provide the pilot with an enhanced vision capability.

 

Situational awareness is dramatically improved with EVS, and safety is also significantly increased. EVS does not only mean that the pilot can accurately fly the approach via the HUD, but can simultaneously monitor the situation ahead of the aircraft, even when it is well beyond human visual range.

 

Contact XenICs to find an optimal solution for your EVS application.