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They're not just regular screens. They're highly hardened, redundant, specialized displays, it's a whole industry. There are companies that make displays that
by iancmceachern 2y ago
They're not just regular screens. They're highly hardened, redundant, specialized displays, it's a whole industry.
There are companies that make displays that have clear conductors over the screen so they can heat them so they can be used and maintain function even when on the deck of an aircraft carrier in the arctic.
There are companies that still make CRTs for specific military purposes.
These screens are safer, more reliable, and durable than the mechanical systems they replace.
- dfox 2y agoThe displays aren't that much special. Probably the main two things that are special about them are color rendition and contrast and the rest is just about the certification process. And extrapolating from automotive experience, the color rendition and contrast is about some team of engineers being solely dedicated to simulating various lightning conditions and verifying that the screen remains legible, does not interfere with night vision and does not cause reflections on other instruments that would make them hard to read. In automotive this kind of simulations use multiple terabytes of reflectivity data for various mostly “dull” materials (gigabytes upon gigabytes of data on what the driver might wear…), so extrapolate from that to “most advanced fighter aircraft”.
- iancmceachern 2y agoThey kinda are: https://viewpointproducts.com/products/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw0t63BhAUEiwA5xP54SwOWsVrKsRQ-uJWBMQa89eVCypnSiOybXYCyM0o6Y5ijfbtWmpkexoCMPwQAvD_BwE https://viewpointproducts.com/products/?gad_source=1&gclid=C...