Toward the panoramic cockpit, and 3-D cockpit displays

The authors present ongoing research at the Cockpit Integration Directorate to develop and mature large-area (panoramic) cockpit technology for transition to current and future military aircraft, and to evolve this technology into a three-dimensional (3-D) cockpit display for providing an optimum man-machine interface in future aircraft cockpits. A review of the Panoramic Cockpit Control and Display System (PCCADS) study and final results is presented, and current extensions to that effort are discussed. An assessment of display hardware technology and progress toward realizing a panoramic cockpit display are presented. Related efforts to extend panoramic display technology to 3-D are examined