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U.S. Army Orders 250 Touchscreen Displays To Upgrade UH-60 Avionics

U.S. Army Orders 250 Touchscreen Displays To Upgrade UH-60 Avionics
UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters carrying distinguished visitors arrive for Army Day 2018, Feb. 9, 2018, Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait. Army Day was the opening event for U.S. Central Command’s Component Commanders Conference that allowed U.S. Army Central to showcase the Army’s capabilities at the theater level. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Ty McNeeley, U.S. ARCENT PAO)

Under an ongoing $226 million contract, BAE Systems will install 250 touchscreen displays on U.S. Army UH-60A/L Black Hawk helicopters.The recently awarded task order is for touch screen computer display units (CDU) to upgrade the company’s ASN-128 Doppler GPS navigation systems already installed on Army Black Hawks. BAE has built the navigation systems for the Army since 1978.The self-contained, all-weather, day or night navigation system enables Black Hawk pilots to view real-time flight plan data. The initial order of 250…

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