Universal's wearable HUD offers high-tech retrofits

摘要

Universal Avionics unveiled a new wearable head-up display (HUD) for business aircraft at NBAA-BACE 2018. It integrates Universal's InSight Display System avionics suite with parent company Elbit Systems's SkyLens wearable HUD. This new technology is a direct result of Elbit's acquisition of Universal Avionics in April. "We've started to integrate our product portfolio, mostly head-down and head-up [products]," said Dror Yahav, Elbit Systems v-p of commercial aviation. "'Head-up, head-down' technologies have of course been integrated before in various business jet platforms," he said. "The integration of Universal's InSight and Elbit Systems's SkyLens takes this technology into a new level of functionality which the market has never seen before." The integration of the two companies' products allows the SkyLens wearable HUD to show flight management system (FMS) information superimposed over a view of the outside world, allowing for a better understanding of navigation data, the company said. It also provides a more intuitive user interface that allows users to "look, point, and click" with SkyLens as well as allows the pilot to program the FMS while looking outside the aircraft.