Vision-1® Synthetic Vision System Egocentric 3-D View has received STC (Supplemental Type Certificate) & TSO approval from the FAA on November 8, 2005. The Egocentric 3-D View is designed for PFD and EADI applications. The system maintains the standard foreground symbology with traditional flight director cues and replaces the blue/brown background with imagery depicting the terrain view in real time for the direction the aircraft is heading, complete with pitch and roll.

The FAA STC was issued for display of both Egocentric 3-D View on the PFD-890R and display of Exocentric 3-D View on our ND-890R. Universal’s existing STC was amended to enable & allow the Egocentric 3-D View of
Vision-1® on Universal’s EADI-550 display as well as the previously certified Exocentric 3-D View on the MFD-640.

The Universal Avionics Synthetic Vision System Egocentric 3-D View is the most realistic rendering of terrain available. This technology brings in a new era of situational awareness and safety.

Universal Avionics was the first to certify a Synthetic Vision System with their Exocentric 3-D View in June 2002. The Exocentric View provides a 3-D perspective of your aircraft from behind and to the left with respect to the flight plan and surrounding terrain.

Vision-1® enhances pilot situational awareness by providing an advanced dynamic terrain image integrated with the flight plan and projected flight path of the aircraft. Vision-1 will allow the pilot to “see” the terrain ahead in 3D as he monitors the flight instruments. The topographical coloring is similar to that used on aviation sectional charts. Hills and mountains appear in shades of green and brown while oceans and other large bodies of water are in blue. Special shading on the digitized terrain and a grid overlay that conforms to the landscape on the synthetic world below help the pilot get a sense of movement in flight, particularly when flying near the ground.

Vision-1® is a practical extension of the computer processing, terrain database and display technology available today, and represents a breakthrough in pilot situational awareness. We can now provide what the pilot normally would see outside the airplane in 3D perspective on a display.