ADVANCED DISPLAYS AND CONTROLS

THE ADVANCED DISPLAYS AND CONTROLS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A GENERIC INTERFACE TO A VARIETY OF CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE VETRONICS CREW DISPLAY DEMONSTRATOR (VCDD). THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE THE CAPABILITY TO EVALUTE A NUMBER OF TECHNOLOGIES AND TO DEVELOP SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE FOR FUTURE COMBAT AND TACTIAL VEHICLES. TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF ADDING ADVANCED CONTROLS, THE FMC DEVELOPED COMBAT VEHICLE GRIPSTICK WILL BE INTERFACED TO THE VCDD. THIS DEVICE IS AN ADVANCED CONTROL DEVICE AND WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE GOVERNMENT ON BAILMENT. AN APPROACH TO THE PHASE II EFFORT WILL BE DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE A GENERIC INTERFACE FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CONTROL AND DISPLAY DEVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES.