Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

“A blended view utilizing our proven SmartView synthetic vision and infrared technology will give flight crew the best of both worlds – united in one cockpit flight display... The systems complement each other, providing a greater margin of safety. SmartView is backed by a terrain and obstacle database proven with more than 600 million flight hours, while infrared provides the picture of the actual runway environment outside the cockpit windows.”

Source: Chad Cundiff, Vice President of Crew Interface Products, Honeywell Aerospace, speaking about the flight-testing program now underway utilizing a  Primus Epic prototype that merges SmartView synthetic vision with infrared camera input for a comprehensive head-down view of the environment outside a business jet..

FMI: www.honeywell.com, www.honeywellnow.com