The dream of reviving winged space flight is close to reality as employees at Sierra Space put the finishing touches on its Dream Chaser craft in the company's Louisville facility.
Sierra Space put the finishing touches on its Dream Chaser craft in the company's Louisville facility and get it ready to send to NASA for final tests for a launch planned in 2024.
Planes capable of going faster than speed of sound being developed in Brevard
High-speed planes being developed in the Space Coast
Steve Berroth, the executive vice president of Aerion’s Aircraft Development, says the company is working with NASA to develop planes that are capable of flying three to five times the speed of sound, the closest thing we have to time travel.
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - High-speed travel is coming to the Space Coast.
Steve Berroth, the executive vice president of Aerion’s Aircraft Development, says the company is working with NASA to develop planes that are capable of flying three to five times the speed of sound, the closest thing we have to time travel.
By Alfred Chua2021-01-07T01:47:00+00:00
Aerion Supersonic has selected Universal Avionics’ (UA) ClearVision enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) for its in-development AS2 high-speed business jet.
The ClearVision system on the AS2 jet will include its high-resolution EVS-500 enhanced vision system camera, as well as 3D synthetic vision system.
Source: Universal Avionics
Universal Avionics will supply its ClearVision enhanced flight vision system on Aerion’s AS2 supersonic business jet.
“ClearVision greatly improves crew resource management in the cockpit of the AS2, supporting Aerion’s ongoing mission of faster point-to-point travel. In addition, ClearVision offers pilots the ability to overcome degraded visibility situations day and night to move in and out of airports faster, saving time and increasing operational efficiency,” says UA.
- January 6, 2021, 11:50 AM
Supersonic business jet developer Aerion has chosen Universal Avionics to supply the head-wearable ClearVision enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) for the AS2 supersonic business jet’s flight deck. ClearVision’s head-up display imagery is delivered on the SkyLens head-wearable display, which offers an unlimited field of regard, meaning the pilot can view imagery such as flight symbology, infrared and visual camera views, and synthetic vision system graphics while looking in any direction.
An added feature that ClearVision offers is a combined vision system, where synthetic vision system graphics and enhanced vision system imagery from Universal’s EVS-5000 camera are overlaid to give the pilot a comprehensive view of the outside world. This will eventually include traffic displayed on the SkyLens view. ClearVision is the first head-wearable display certified for commercial aviation, and it is approved and flying in Europe on the ATR 42/72.