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iPhone-style avionics for Super Hornet

24th June 2010 - 10:24 GMT | by Tony Osborne in St Louis, Missouri

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Boeing engineers are working on a widescreen cockpit display with touch-screen controls that mimic those used on the iPhone.

The company has set up a simulator mock-up featuring a single 11x19 inch digital touch-screen display, which will form the main instrument panel in the front and rear cockpits of the F/A-18F eliminating the need for separate display panels and display control units, helping to reduce weight.

Shown to journalists in St Louis on 23 June, the mock-up shows how the displays would give the crew, and in particular the weapons systems officer, an improved view of the information delivered by

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Tony was deputy editor of Defence Helicopter and Rotorhub magazines before joining Aviation Week in …

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