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Future F-35 Panoramic Cockpit Display System to Feature Better Processing, Memory

Frank Wolfe

Friday, April 24th, 2020

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Future F-35 Panoramic Cockpit Display System to Feature Better Processing, Memory

Eilson AFB, Alaska received its first two Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning IIs on Apr. 21 (United States Air Force Photo)

A new Panoramic Cockpit Display – Electronics Unit (PCD-EU) for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 is to feature significantly enhanced processing and memory. The PCD-EU "is considered a new development effort under the F-35 Technology Refresh 3 (TR3) effort and will provide improved processing capability and video formatting," Lt. Cmdr. Keith Goodsell, a spokesman for the F-35 Joint Program Office, wrote in an Apr. 24 email to sister publication Avionics International. "The system is comprised of independently controlled display management…

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