Rockwell Collins, Boeing Team on B757/767 Flight Deck Retrofit

Rockwell Collins and Boeing will today unveil a flight-deck retrofit program for the Boeing 757/767 that includes large-format LCD screens, NextGen-capable communication and surveillance systems, and a commander-side head-up display. NextGen is the new air traffic management system for the U.S.

Inspired by flight-deck improvements offered on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the upgrades are due to be certificated for installation on 757s/767s in the second quarter of 2014. Installation downtime “should be of the order of days, not weeks,” a Rockwell Collins spokesman told AIN.