Dassault's CVS Fuses Real and Synthetic Imagery

Dassault’s CVS Fuses Real and Synthetic Imagery

Megan Elliott

Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 09:25 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Dassault Aviation introduced FalconEye, the first head-up display (HUD) system for business jets that combines synthetic and real-life infrared views.
This revolutionary combined vision system blends real video from thermal and low-light cameras with database-driven synthetic terrain mapping.
FalconEye significantly enhances situational awareness, increases operational capabilities, and allows for approaches with operational credit.
The system is expected to be available in early 2016, with a future option for dual HUDs.

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Dassault Aviation on Monday introduced the first head-up display (HUD) system to combine synthetic and real-life infrared views, dubbed FalconEye.

The new combined vision system (CVS) pairs thermal and low-light cameras with synthetic, database-driven terrain mapping to provide situational awareness and increased capabilities, as well as permit approaches with operational credit.