Thu, Jan 13, 2011
Multiple Agencies Approve SVT For The Light Jet
Civil aviation authorities have certified the use of Synthetic
Vision Technology in Embraer’s Phenom 300 executive jet. The
FAA, EASA, and the Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency
(Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil –
ANAC) have all issued certifications for using Garmin’s
Synthetic Vision Technology (SVT) aboard the Phenom 300. Embraer
says that makes the aircraft the first in the light jet category to
offer this advanced cockpit feature.
Out The Windscreen
The SVT recreates a visual topographic landscape from the
system’s terrain-alerting database via sophisticated graphics
modeling, which simulates what the pilot would see with the naked
eye in broad daylight. It is particularly helpful in fog, rain,
haze, darkness or instrument flight conditions. The resulting
virtual reality display offers pilots a supplemental 3-D depiction
of ground, water, obstacles, airports, and traffic.
Synthetic Vision
“Embraer makes every effort to provide unique solutions
for customers, and the Phenom 300 is the only aircraft in the light
jet category to offer the SVT technology,” said Luís
Carlos Affonso, Embraer Executive Vice President, Executive Jets.
“This technology provides excellent situational awareness
even when flying in conditions of reduced visibility, safely
guiding pilots through terrain critical airspaces and
airports.” With a color-coded landscape, clearly showing
those areas where potential flight-into terrain risks exist, via
amber or red overlays, towers or other obstacles that may interfere
with the flight path are color-highlighted and displayed with the
appropriate symbology. SVT works with Traffic Collision Avoidance
System (TCAS) and Traffic Information Service (TIS) technologies to
depict targets in 3-D perspective, allowing a real-time assessment
of how close and how high they are. Using familiar TCAS symbology
that grows larger as it gets nearer, SVT makes traffic conflicts
easier to see and identify.
Phenom 300
SVT is a key feature of the Prodigy flight deck, and is
available for retrofitting at a minimum downtime. Garmin’s
fully integrated Prodigy avionics suite was exclusively developed
for the Phenom jets, and incorporates Embraer’s extensive
experience in developing cockpits for commercial and defense
aircraft. Enhanced situational awareness, glass cockpit with large
displays, state-of-the-art avionics and single pilot operation are
the design drivers behind every detail of this flight deck.
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