Universal Avionics gets official rubber-stamp for video-based flight safety system

Arizona-based Universal Avionics (UA) has obtained a Technical Standard Order (TSO) authorisation from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its Aperture visual data management platform. The official green light “clears the way for initial delivery of the system for enhancing safety and improving decision-making for flight crews and mission specialists”, the company said. Aperture can process eight video inputs and support four video outputs with near-zero latency, at the highest level of integrity in commercial aviation (Design Assurance Level A). Imagery from an Enhanced Vision System (EVS) camera and other sensors is presented to the flight crew, enhancing situational