Seeing Machines (SEE) has doubled down on their efforts in the aviation sector, announcing today a partnership with L3 Commercial Aviation to integrate eye tracking capabilities into L3’s Full Flight Simulator (FFS). The first of these devices will be provided to “a major Australian airline” in 2019.
Seeing Machine and L3’s partnership is the first time a “permanent fully integrated eye tracking solution has been delivered into a FFS device used for civil aviation pilot training.” The eye tracking capability and signals will be implemented in a new Boeing 787 FFS.
The news comes a few weeks after Seeing Machines sealed their first commercial program agreement with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) for a new Pilot Training System. Aviation, it seems, is a natural fit for the company specializing in “world leading driver monitoring technology.”
Seeing Machines’ eye-tracking technology adds an edge to the head-up displays currently used within commercial airlines-- it has the ability to monitor and evaluate a pilot’s decision-making processes during simulator exercised.
The company argues this will “help to standardise… flight training across the airline’s organisation and optimise training outcomes.”
Robin Glover-Faure, President of Commercial Training Solutions, which is part of L3, agrees commenting, “The implementation of eye tracking technology is a substantial development… and will provide critical data to better measure, tailor, and advance training programs.”
As of 8:42am, Seeing Machine’s share price has risen almost 7%, reaching 4.88p.
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