Unprecedented Situation Awareness for General Aviation (GA):              

An Affordable and Portable Synthetic Vision System

     Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) and Collision with obstacles remains a leading cause for loss of hull and life in GA. The 2002 Nall Report indicates that most weather-related accidents involved aircraft striking objects or terrain at high airspeeds or crashing out of control, sometimes after pilot-induced structural failure. Also, Flight at night increases the severity of crashes. One of the leading root causes is lack of situation awareness in conditions of reduced visibility.

     NASA, under the Aviation Safety and Security Program (AvSSP) has been conducting research that has lead to certified Synthetic Vision Systems (SVS). At the present time, these certified systems are relatively costly. NASA has tasked the Operator Performance Laboratory (OPL) to conduct human factors research to determine the optimal display characteristics of a portable, low-cost Synthetic Vision System (SVS). The result of this work is the Synthetic Flight Bag^TM that is brought to you through Advanced Infoneering Incorporated.

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