KEYWORDS: Control systems, Lithium, Network centric warfare, Telecommunications, Sensors, Avionic systems, Navigation systems, Local area networks, Data storage, Data communications
Capabilities required for network centric operation require significant changes in the Human System Interface (HSI) of existing aircraft. The current controls and displays do not provide the capability needed for network centric operations. Initially, the network centric concept was that the aircrew members would pull the information they needed from the network. Evaluation of existing controls and displays, aircraft data buses, communications including data links, and mission planning determined that not only did the existing hardware and software not provide the needed capability, the aircrew members would need time critical information from other nodes in the network pushed to their aircraft and “smart” displays.
Flat panel display technologies which could replace obsolete airborne cathode ray tubes are still in the development stage and not available as mass produced items. Flight and laboratory assessments were conducted on three technologies: Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display, AC Gas Plasma Display, and Thin Film Electroluminescent.
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