美 Raytheon, USAF F-16 Cockpit color display 공급자로 선정...

 

美 Raytheon 社가 개발한 6 X 8 inch 크기의 Color display panel 을 F-16 Block 30 조종석에 채용하기로 美 공군과

주 방위군이 결정하였다는 소식 입니다.

 

Raytheon 社는 향후 6년간 720개의 Color display panel 을 공급할 예정이라 하며, 이는 단좌기/전방석을 기준으로

한 물량으로 판단됩니다. 또한 해외 F-16 Block 30 운용국이 채용할 가능성도 있어 물량은 더욱 늘어날 것으로 전망

한다는 내용 입니다.

 

한편 이번에 개발된 Color display panel 은 F-16 Block 30 용으로 개발된 것이어서, 만약 Block 40/42 및 50/52 에

적용을 하고자 할 경우, Software 를 새로이 개발해야 한다는 제작사 Raytheon 측의 설명입니다.

 

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DATE : 03/11/10

SOURCE : Flight International

Raytheon wins F-16 display upgrade contract

By Stephen Trimble

 

Raytheon will install a large, colour display in Lockheed Martin F-16 cockpits, a key enabler for future sensor upgrades.

 

The US Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve selected Raytheon's 6 x 8in (15.2 x 20.3cm) centre pedestal display for a requirement to upgrade hundreds of F-16 Block 30s.

 

Including spares, Raytheon believes the two services could order as many as 720 displays over the next six years. The potential for foreign sales is comparable or even greater, says Tom Lansing, the company's business development senior manager for customised engineering and depot support.

 

For the Block 30 retrofits, the new cockpit display requires neither structural modifications nor changes to the operational flight programme, Lansing says. Software development is required, however, if customers select the display for newer Block 40 or Block 50 F-16s, he adds.

 

The new display replaces several analogue instruments and adds the ability to watch sensor feeds in colour. The US Air Force is considering proposals to integrate an active electronically scanned array radar in the F-16. The Raytheon active combat radar is competing with Northrop's scaleable agile beam radar for the potential requirement.

 

Raytheon's centre display unit upgrade is designed to be "sensor agnostic", Lansing says, allowing the USAF to integrate sensors from any manufacturer.

 

 

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