Avionics
Flight Dynamics expands head-up display capability
Head-up display manufacturer Flight Dynamics, a division of Rockwell Collins, outlined its future technology strategy to AIN during a rece

Head-up display manufacturer Flight Dynamics, a division of Rockwell Collins, outlined its future technology strategy to AIN during a recent visit to the company’s Portland, Ore., facility.

Basic to the strategy is to move past the traditional perception of the HUD–or, as the company describes it, the HGS, for Head-Up Guidance System–as an optional add-on to the flight deck and to position it as an accepted key component of an aircraft’s avionics suite. The company sees its HGS becoming an essential element in future flight operations where, as Flight Dynamics president John Desmond said, “Its capability will be integrated as part of the Rockwell Collins total-aircraft solution.”