Jet Aviation Wants it on Their Challenger

Max-Viz got some good news at EBACE: the company’s EVS-1000 was ordered by Jet Aviation Basel for a customer’s Bombardier Challenger business jet. The EVS-1000, recently FAA certified in the U.S. for this aircraft type, will be installed at Jet Aviation’s facility in Basel, Switzerland.

"This order indicates significant growth of interest in EVS by the European business jet community" says Rainer Albecker, Vice President and General Manager of Jet Aviation Basel, "and demonstrates the industry’s preference for the Max-Viz uncooled infrared technology."  This constitutes "the first European installation of an Enhanced Vision System."

The Max-Viz uncooled long wave infrared-based EVS allows the pilot to see (using electronically-enhanced IR through a germanium lens) ground vehicles, equipment, obstacles and other aircraft on ramps, taxiways and runways in degraded visibility conditions, including darkness, smoke, haze and smog. The system also detects and displays terrain features during low altitude maneuvering, approach and landing.  This technology is gaining recognition in the industry as a key element in the prevention of CFIT and the early detection of runway incursions.

The tail-mounted EVS-1000 was FAA certified by Total Aircraft Services in Van Nuys (CA) on March 13th of this year and became the first EVS to be approved without the need for Heads-Up Display.

Jet Aviation Basel, founded in 1967, employs close to 1,000 people and provides maintenance, completions, refurbishment, exterior paint, avionics and engine shop services.

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