Retrofit Mod Priced At $17,500 Plus Installation

Cirrus Design made waves at AOPA Expo 2008 with the announcement of its Perspective EVS enhanced-vision system on new Cirrus SR22 G3 aircraft equipped with the Garmin G1000-based Perspective avionics suite. Now, similar technology is available for SR20s and SR22s already in the field.

Patrick Farrell, CEO of Forward Vision, joined with One Sky Aviation president Cary Foster this week to announce the STC (#SA02329AK) award for installation of the EVS-100 infrared sensor on the Cirrus SR20 and SR22 aircraft.

"With this STC, we will cooperatively be able to provide an affordable (and STC certified) EVS system to the general aviation community that will bring an enhanced level of situational awareness and ultimately flight safety to the cockpit of Cirrus aftermarket aircraft," Farrell stated.

The companies had hoped to announce the STC much sooner than now, but weather delays preempted flight testing. Those tests were recently completed by the Anchorage ACO.

The Forward Vision EVS-100, powered by Max-Viz, is a low cost, non-cryogenically cooled Enhanced Vision System (EVS) for the OEM and retrofit markets. The sensor offers Long-Wave Infrared ( LWIR) sensing, is sunlight safe and has excellent resolution in a grey scale presentation format. The lightweightm self-contained and ready to mount system is effectively operated both day and night and is designed to be upgradeable.

The Cirrus STC program is the first in a series of general aviation airframes that is under development for FAA approval.

The price of the entire kit is $17,500 MSRP, including the sensor.

FMI: www.forward-vision.net