The active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD) has become the preferred flight instrument technology in avionics multifunction display applications. Current bubble canopy fighter cockpit applications involve sizes up to 7.8 x 7.8 in. active display. Dual use avionics versions of AMLCD technology are now as large as 6.7 x 6.7 in. active display area in the ARINC D sized color multifunction display (MFD). This is the standard instrument in all new Boeing transport aircraft and is being retrofitted into the C-17A. A special design of the ARINC D instrument is used in the Space Shuttle cockpit upgrade. Larger sizes of AMLCD were desired when decisions were made in the early 1990s for the F-22. Commercial AMLCD technology has now produced monitors at 1280 x 1024 resolution (1.3 megapixels) in sizes of 16 to 21 in. diagonal. Each of these larger AMLCDs has more information carrying capacity than the entire F-22A cockpit instrument panel shipset, comprising six separate smaller AMLCDs (1.2 megapixels total). The larger AMLCDs are being integrated into airborne mission crew stations for use in dim ambient lighting conditions. It is now time to identify and address the technology challenges of upgrading these larger AMLCDs for sunlight readable applications and of developing concepts for their integration into advanced bubble canopy fighter cockpits. The overall goals are to significantly increase the informational carrying capacity to bring both sensor and information fusion into the cockpit and, thereby, to enable a significant increase in warfighter situational awareness and effectiveness. A research cockpit was built using specialized versions of the IBM 16.1 in and two smaller 10 in. AMLCDs to examine human factors and display design issues associated with these next-generation AMLCD cockpit displays.


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    Wide-angle, cross-cockpit AMLCD technology

    Thomsen, S.V. / Fye, G. / Abileah, A. | Tema Archiv | 1994


    EMI considerations for cockpit AMLCD displays

    Case, G.D. / Prache, O. | Tema Archiv | 1994


    Resized 4ATI AMLCD glass for cockpit applications [6225A-14]

    Wright, J. / Woo, H. / SPIE-- the International Society for Optical Engineering | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2006


    Extending AMLCD technology into the Space Shuttle cockpit [2219-12]

    Thomsen, S. V. / Hancock, W. R. / SPIE | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994


    High-Performance AMLCD-Based "Smart" Display for the Space Shuttle Glass Cockpit

    Thomsen, S. / Hancock, W. R. / IEEE et al. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994