Tucson, Arizona – May 23, 2006 - Universal Avionics announced its Vision-1™ Synthetic Vision System has received Part 25 Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for both the Egocentric and Exocentric views. FAA Type Inspection Authorization (TIA) flight tests were successfully flown with the Los Angles Aircraft Certification Office (LAACO) in Universal’s Challenger CL-601-3A operating from Long Beach, CA airport.

The Egocentric 3-D View allows the pilot to see a computer generated rendering of the terrain ahead of the aircraft and is designed for UASC Primary Flight Display (PFD) and Electronic Attitude Display Indicator (EADI) applications. The system maintains the standard foreground symbology with traditional flight director cues and replaces the blue/brown background with heading, pitch and roll oriented color terrain imagery in real time. The Exocentric View, displayed on the Navigation Display (ND), provides a view of the aircraft, flight plan and terrain from a position situated behind, above and to the right of the aircraft (wingman position).

FAA STC ST01897LA was issued for the Dual Vision-1™ systems with display of Egocentric 3-D View on the Pilot or Copilot PFD-890Rs and display of Exocentric 3-D View on the dual ND-890Rs.

“We are extremely excited about this certification which is the very first Synthetic Vision System ever certified for both Part 23 and 25 aircraft. Now our customers can take advantage of some amazing technology in cockpit situational awareness.” said J.L. (Ted) Naimer, Universal Avionics’ President and a high-time pilot who routinely occupies the left seat in the company Challenger CL-601. Ted went on to say, “There is nothing on the market today that compares to Vision-1 in terrain depiction, image accuracy and resolution.” 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.

The Universal Avionics Vision-1 was the first Synthetic Vision System certified by the FAA. Certified in June 2002, the Exocentric View was initially approved for display on Universal’s MFD-640 product. Universal received the first FAA STC for Vision-1 Egocentric View on Part 23 aircraft in October, 2005.

Universal Avionics Systems Corporation offers a complete product line of flight management systems and cockpit instrument displays that are used on a large number of aircraft types from helicopters to business turbine aircraft to large commercial airliners. Universal Avionics offers products that meet or exceed emerging flight communications and navigation requirements.

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