Mon, Feb 16, 2004
Rockwell Collins Delivers the 1000th Head Up Display for the
F/A-18C/D/E/F
We're starting to enter
an era, where aviation manufacturing milestones are no longer
exclusive to aircraft themselves, as the technology that helps
makes them fly safely is now starting to come of age. Rockwell
Collins, announced Wednesday it has delivered the 1000th Head Up
Display (HUD) to The Boeing Company for the F/A-18C/D/E/F
aircraft.
Rockwell Collins' Kaiser Electronics business has provided the
HUD units for all models of F-18 aircraft since 1977, when the
company won the initial contract. Under that contract more than 600
HUDs were delivered for F/A-18A/B model aircraft.
The relationship
continued in 1987 with the contract award for the next generation
of F-18 aircraft, the C/D model. Units being delivered today are
for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, the latest model of that aircraft.
Today, Rockwell Collins has delivered 1,000 F/A-18C/D/E/F HUD units
and more than 1,600 total HUD units for F-18 aircraft. To date,
approximately 1,620 F-18 aircraft have been built and put into
service by The Boeing Company.
The 20 degree field of view (FOV), night vision goggle
compatible HUD provides crisp accurate stroke symbology, displaying
navigation, steering, flight situation and attack cues easily
viewed in the brightest daylight.
In the night attack mode, the compatible HUD presents the real
world imagery from the navigation forward looking infrared sensor
(NAVFLIR) combined with navigation and weapon delivery symbology
for precise targeting and navigation. The HUD is a high reliability
weapons replaceable assembly (WRA) with significant built in test
capability that also provides interface for the HUD camera and Up
Front Control Display.
"This delivery is a testament of our commitment to our customers
and their products," stated John Borghese, vice president and
general manager, Kaiser Aerospace & Electronics, "It also
continues our long relationship with Boeing as an innovative
supplier of cockpit display system solutions to the
warfighter."
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