Customer Expects STC Soon

CMC Electronics told ANN this week Edwards & Associates, a subsidiary of Bell Helicopter, has installed the CMC Electronics SureSight M-Series Enhanced Vision System (EVS) sensor on an Agusta Westland AW139 helicopter for a corporate customer.

"We are very excited about this new CMC product," said Dwayne Starnes, Director Marketing & Sales at Edwards & Associates. "Our customers should find the M-Series EVS sensor to be a very effective aid in improving flight safety and enhancing flight crew situational awareness."

CMC tells ANN the ultra compact, low-cost M-Series EVS sensor improves situational awareness by providing pilots with a daytime-like image at night and in low-visibility situations for commercial, business/corporate and paramilitary operations. The M-Series sensor weighs 2.2 lb and measures 2.4 inches by 2.5 inches by 6 inches in length. A notable feature is the M-Series' single Line Replaceable Unit that can be easily installed on a helicopter fuselage or strut or in the tail fin or nose of an aircraft.

"The SureSight M-Series EVS sensor is a cost-effective infrared-based safety tool for helicopter flight crews flying in darkness, smoke, smog or other poor visibility conditions," said CMC Vice President Marketing & Sales, Cathy Bain. "EVS offers supplemental terrain awareness in these types of scenarios to help prevent pilot disorientation when there is no peripheral scene information available. EVS provides the pilot with excellent infrared imaging of the area in the forward flight path of the helicopter to provide early detection and avoidance of obstacles such as towers, trees, vehicles and buildings."

Edwards & Associates expects to receive the FAA STC shortly for the CMC Electronics M-Series EVS sensor being installed in its AW139.

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