Status of display systems in B-52H

Darrel G. Hopper; Frederick M. Meyer; Kenneth E. Wodke

doi:10.1117/12.357623

16 August 1999 Status of display systems in B-52H

Darrel G. Hopper, Frederick M. Meyer, Kenneth E. Wodke

Proceedings Volume 3690, Cockpit Displays VI: Displays for Defense Applications; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.357623
Event: AeroSense '99, 1999, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Display technologies for the B-52 were selected some 40 years ago have become unsupportable. Electromechanical and old cathode ray tube technologies, including an exotic six-gun 13 in. tube, have become unsupportable due to the vanishing vendor syndrome. Thus, it is necessary to insert new technologies which will be available for the next 40 years to maintain the capability heretofore provided by those now out of favor with the commercial sector. With this paper we begin a look at the status of displays in the B-52H, which will remain in inventory until 2046 according to current plans. From a component electronics technology perspective, such as displays, the B-52H provides several 10-year life cycle cost (LCC) planning cycles to consider multiple upgrades. Three Productivity, Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (PRAM) projects are reviewed to replace 1950s CRTs in several sizes: 3, 9, and 13 in. A different display technology has been selected in each case. Additional display upgrades in may be anticipated and are discussed.

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Darrel G. Hopper, Frederick M. Meyer, and Kenneth E. Wodke "Status of display systems in B-52H", Proc. SPIE 3690, Cockpit Displays VI: Displays for Defense Applications, (16 August 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.357623

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