Industry TrendsHoneywell to Acquire Saab's Heads-Up Display Assets Honeywell and Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab reached an agreement last week regarding the acquisition of Saab’s heads-up display (HUD) assets. The HUDs will be integrated into the Honeywell Anthem flight…
CommercialAerion to Equip AS2 Supersonic Business Jet with ClearVision HUD ClearVision Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) and complete Head-Up Display (HUD) will be used on Aerion AS2, the supersonic business jet from Aerion Supersonic, Universal Avionics (UA) announced in a Jan. 6…
Business & GAStandardAero and Thales Partners on Certification and Distribution of TopMax Display StandardAero and Thales have signed an agreement to work toward certification and distribution of the Thales TopMax Head-Up Display for business aviation aircraft, the companies said on Sept. 26. Kyle Hultquist,…
Business & GABombardier Adding HUD, EVS to Challenger 350 Bombardier will be offering a Rockwell Collins-supplied head-up display (HUD) and enhanced vision system (EVS) option on its Challenger 350 business jet. With the addition of the lightweight HUD to the current synthetic…
Business & GAWill Waveguide Become Standard in Future Head-Up Displays? Pilots flying the Embraer Legacy 450 and 500 business jets are among the first to be using an augmented reality-based technology within their head-up displays (HUDs). The technology, waveguide optics, is designed…
MilitaryKorean F-16s To Get New Tech from Elbit and Rockwell Collins Rockwell Collins and Elbit System, through a joint venture, will incorporate the joint helmet-mounted cueing system II into Republic of Korea Air Force F-16s. The helmet technology integrates with the aircraft to…
MilitaryNew HUD Completes First Flight on AC-130J A new head-up display (HUD), the LiteHUD, has completed its first flight on a U.S. Special Operations Command AC-130J aircraft. That flight was followed by flights completed onboard Textron’s Scorpion fighter jet…
MilitaryPilatus Taps Esterline for PC-21 Avionics for France and Jordan Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. has tapped Esterline Avionics Systems to supply cockpit avionics for the French Air Force’s PC-21s, Esterline said at the Paris Air Show. The company has also received a contract…