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Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS)

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  • An installed aircraft system which uses an electronic means to provide a display of the forward external scene topography (the natural or manmade features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevation) through the use of imaging sensors, including but not limited to forward- looking infrared, millimeter wave radiometry, millimeter wave radar, or low-light level image intensification. An EFVS includes the display element, sensors, computers and power supp

References

  • Instrument Procedures Handbook
    Federal Aviation Administration ยท 2017