Development of display technology for the next century [military aircraft]

Abstract

This year, Brookhaven and Battelle will provide technologies critical to the fielding of the first engineering models of a Polyplanar Optic Display unit to replace the CRTs in the B-52 aircraft. Brookhaven has demonstrated the viability of this technology in a breadboard model and demonstrated that it will fit into the current B-52 display casting. Battelle will add microscreen coatings to the surface of the displays' that will eliminate all reflections and enable excellent daylight readability. Battelle will also automate the building of the display screens using plastic sheets. The plastic screens will be added to the B-52 program in future years. The joint effort of these two major research and development organizations will, over the next five years, provide the required system engineering and build preproduction models for wrap-around cockpit daylight readable displays.