ICARUS glasses electronically switch between transparent and opaque allowing the student to experience what it is like to fly into and out of clouds. ICARUS will give students high fidelity, cost effective training for a variety of weather scenarios in the aircraft.

Flight instructors will be able to control the students view outside the cockpit in flight with ICARUS; thus giving them the ability to simulate the visual sensation of breaking out on an approach, entering clouds or fog, going missed approach and Inadvertent Instrument meteorological conditions. ICARUS will allow the student instantly regain a fully clear visual in the event of an in-flight emergency, instead of the pilot fumbling around with a crude hood.

ICARUS placed second at Defense Entrepreneurs Forum’s 2015 Innovation Competition and was part of the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s Aeroinnovate 2015 Accelerator class. The company will also compete in the Transportation Review Board’s 6 Minute Pitch competition in January.