Boeing 777X Cockpit to Feature Touchscreen Displays
Contract expected to be announced “later this summer.”
Boeing has revealed plans to include touchscreen displays in the cockpit of its new 777X airliner. [Photo: Boeing]
Boeing has revealed plans to include touchscreen displays in the cockpit of its new 777X airliner. [Photo: Boeing]

Test results from Boeing’s EcoDemonstrator program have convinced the company to feature touchscreen displays in the cockpit of the new 777X airliner, BCA vice president of product development Mike Sinnett revealed during a pre-Farnborough briefing on developing technologies at the company’s Seattle-area offices. The 777X’s cockpit display provider, Rockwell Collins, worked with Boeing on the technology on the EcoDemonstrator. However, Boeing continues to “define requirements” and expects to sign a contract with a supplier of the touchscreens later this summer.