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Farnborough Airshow 2026

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Zeiss Debuts New Approach to Cockpit and Cabin Displays

ProSight technology is being demonstrated at the Farnborough Airshow

Zeiss ProSight HUD — Zeiss demonstrates its ProSight HUD, which projects critical flight information onto a transparent surface to support faster, more intuitive decision-making in the cockpit.

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

July 21, 2026

Zeiss Microoptics is breaking into the aviation industry, offering new cockpit and cabin displays that it says are needed for more connected aircraft. The innovations the group is demonstrating for the first time at the Farnborough Airshow build on its 175-year pedigree of precision optical engineering in fields such as medicine, industrial metrology, microscopy, and advanced imaging.

The company’s new aerospace division is chasing applications for its scalable ProSight technology in head-up displays (HUD) and transparent cabin displays for next-generation aircraft. It says this approach will consolidate the way increasingly complex data is presented in one place, avoiding the need for multiple screens and separate hardware.

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