A small French company that supplies flight-test video equipment for military aircraft is zooming in on the business aviation market at ILA.
Grenoble-based Airborne Video Development supplies on-board cameras and recording equipment for the likes of the Dassault Rafale and Eurocopter Tiger, as well as to the national aerospace laboratories in France and the Netherlands and has been in business for 30 years.
Now the company says it has had interest from, among others, Lufthansa Technik, which is considering offering AAVD's cameras on VIP aircraft to show passengers real-time exterior images.
The latest piece of kit from AAVD - which admits its rugged products are "not beautiful because they are so strong" - is the CC700 omnirole camera, due on the market late this year.
AAVD claims the 100g (3.53oz), 90 x 25mm (35 x 3.5 x 1in) camera will be capable of taking 120 images a second and is particularly suited to a flight-test environment because it is resistant to cold temperatures.
"It is the first high-definition camera of that size and weight capable of going outside because of its anti-icing capabilities," says business developer Emmanuel Sanchez.
Source: Flight Daily News
