Avionics
Eyeing Brazil, Boeing Chooses Elbit To Supply Large Displays for F-15, F/A-18
Ted Herman, Boeing Global Strike business development manager, points to a representative large area display (LAD) featured in the company’s Super Hornet Technology Demonstration Trailer. (Photo: Bill Carey)
Ted Herman, Boeing Global Strike business development manager, points to a representative large area display (LAD) featured in the company’s Super Hornet Technology Demonstration Trailer. (Photo: Bill Carey)

Boeing has selected Elbit Systems to supply the high-resolution large area display (LAD) for future export versions of the F-15 Eagle and F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The 11- by 19-inch LAD replaces several multifunction displays. It forms part of the F-15 Silent Eagle proposal to Korea, and the Super Hornet proposal for Brazil’s long-running fighter contest. Elbit first unveiled its “CockpitNG” concept of wide-area, centrally located touchscreen displays for fighters, trainers and helicopters at the 2010 Farnborough Airshow. Boeing said that a first flight with a LAD installed on either the F/A-18 or F-15 could take place in 2014 with aircraft deliveries possibly beginning the following year.