This is a colloquial term for any color graphics display in a cockpit. Glass Cockpit Displays refers to any aircraft in which the primary instruments are located within a single primary flight display (PFD) or Multi-Function Display (MFD) that looks like a computer screen – a large, flat, glass-panel display. This term is well known but actually refers to the introduction of Flight Management Systems (FMS) in the 1970’s. Glass Cockpit Displays has largely replaced the numerous analogue instruments found in military and commercial aircraft. Glass cockpits usually display GPS navigation, GPWS, TCAS and weather information. The glass cockpit display can reflect different display styles.

The best example we have made is the RCDU AWACS radar displays. For that we cut 2” off the end of a 10”x 8” LCD to make it square.

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