Second-generation flat panel displays for the enhanced Abrahms M1 battlefield tank

Ken F. Mahdi; Rick J. Wyrembelski; Terry J. Hatton

doi:10.1117/12.276977

1 July 1997 Second-generation flat panel displays for the enhanced Abrahms M1 battlefield tank

Ken F. Mahdi, Rick J. Wyrembelski, Terry J. Hatton

Proceedings Volume 3057, Cockpit Displays IV: Flat Panel Displays for Defense Applications; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.276977
Event: AeroSense '97, 1997, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The Abrams M1 Battlefield Tank has undergone several phases of performance enhancements since its introduction, improvements have covered updates to all the major components of the vehicle with major emphasis on the vetronics and man-machine interface. Through these enhancements of M1 has pioneered the utilization of flat panel display (FPD) technologies and the M1A2 version has an FPD at both the driver and gunner stations and a third at the commander position. These FPDs all employ electroluminescent (EL) imaging technology that is well suited for the severe vetronics environment. The latest M1A2 enhancements, being introduced as part of the M1A2 System Enhancement Package, include a flat panel AMLCD color tactical display which supersedes the earlier monochrome EL FPD used in this application, and a high resolution monochrome EL FPD for the second generation FLIR sensor, which supersedes the earlier bulky CRT display.

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Ken F. Mahdi, Rick J. Wyrembelski, and Terry J. Hatton "Second-generation flat panel displays for the enhanced Abrahms M1 battlefield tank", Proc. SPIE 3057, Cockpit Displays IV: Flat Panel Displays for Defense Applications, (1 July 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.276977

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