Will,
Still checking out your Motorola reference, but did you see this?
Excerpts from biz.yahoo.com
The AMLCD being developed is an advanced 0.77'' diagonal monochrome display with 1280 columns and 1024 rows, and a resolution of over 2000 lines per inch. It runs at video speeds (60 frames per second) and in 8-bit gray scale to provide real-time images of forward-looking infrared radar and rotocraft symbology. Early versions of this display were developed by Kopin under an existing subcontract with Kaiser Electronics funded via the Army Aircrew Integrated Systems (ACIS) Office. Fully functional displays have been fabricated and delivered by Kopin under this contract. These displays are believed to be the world's highest resolution, small form factor information displays.
The RAH-66 Comanche helicopter is being developed...[and] will replace AH-1 and OH-58 attack and observation helicopters. The Comanche is a twin-turbine, two-seat (tandem) armed reconnaissance helicopter with projected missions of armed reconnaissance, light attack and air combat. The Comanche's next-generation night pilotage and target-acquisition systems and its digital communications equipment will make it the primary tactical reconnaissance information source for Army ground units and attack helicopters, as well as for the Air Force and Navy.
Dr. John C. C. Fan, Kopin's president and chief executive officer, said, ''This is a significant program for Kopin, as it links our current commercial AMLCD technology to insertion into a major military program. We see this display as the basis for the Comanche and for other high-resolution head-mounted and head-up display programs in the future, both military and commercial.''
Tom Sheehy, Sikorsky's Comanche Program Manager, said, ''Kopin provided a timely solution to meet our need for the miniature AMLCD helmet mounted displays. These miniature displays allow us to reduce head supported weight and meet center-of-gravity requirements for the helmet integrated display sight system for the Comanche pilots.....''
''Miniature flat panel displays such as these are the enabling technology for high value helmet mounted displays like the HIDSS,'' said John Milner, HIDSS Program Director at Kaiser Electronics. ''Kopin has delivered AMLCDs with performance that exceeds that of any other available technology. This contract provides the means to achieving performance and producibility requirements necessary for Comanche production.''
Dr. Ron Gale, Kopin's Chief Technical Officer and Program Manager for the Comanche display development, said, ''These AMLCDs are fabricated using our commercial display process that has produced very high reliability displays. We have applied what we've learned from our CyberDisplay production process to the 1280 by 1024 display for the Comanche program.'' |
