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Mon, Feb 16, 2004

Heads Up, F-18 Drivers!

Rockwell Collins Delivers the 1000th Head Up Display for the F/A-18C/D/E/F

We're starting to enter an era, where aviation manufacturing milestones are no longer exclusive to aircraft themselves, as the technology that helps makes them fly safely is now starting to come of age. Rockwell Collins, announced Wednesday it has delivered the 1000th Head Up Display (HUD) to The Boeing Company for the  F/A-18C/D/E/F aircraft.

Rockwell Collins' Kaiser Electronics business has provided the HUD units for all models of F-18 aircraft since 1977, when the company won the initial contract. Under that contract more than 600 HUDs were delivered for F/A-18A/B model aircraft.

The relationship continued in 1987 with the contract award for the next generation of F-18 aircraft, the C/D model. Units being delivered today are for the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, the latest model of that aircraft. Today, Rockwell Collins has delivered 1,000 F/A-18C/D/E/F HUD units and more than 1,600 total HUD units for F-18 aircraft. To date, approximately 1,620 F-18 aircraft have been built and put into service by The Boeing Company.

The 20 degree field of view (FOV), night vision goggle compatible HUD provides crisp accurate stroke symbology, displaying navigation, steering, flight situation and attack cues easily viewed in the brightest daylight.

In the night attack mode, the compatible HUD presents the real world imagery from the navigation forward looking infrared sensor (NAVFLIR) combined with navigation and weapon delivery symbology for precise targeting and navigation. The HUD is a high reliability weapons replaceable assembly (WRA) with significant built in test capability that also provides interface for the HUD camera and Up Front Control Display.

"This delivery is a testament of our commitment to our customers and their products," stated John Borghese, vice president and general manager, Kaiser Aerospace & Electronics, "It also continues our long relationship with Boeing as an innovative supplier of cockpit display system solutions to the warfighter."

FMI: www.rockwellcollins.com

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