Philips Flat Display Systems (FDS), one of the world“s largest suppliers of active matrix liquid crystal displays (AMLCDs), announced that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Atl…
Philips Flat Display Systems (FDS), one of the world“s largest suppliers of active matrix liquid crystal displays (AMLCDs), announced that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Atlantis Space Shuttle (STS-101), which recently launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is equipped with a Boeing and Honeywell-designed Multifunction Electronic Display Subsystem (MEDS), or “glass cockpit,” utilizing Philips FDS“ cutting-edge flat display technology. NASA said it expects to replace the traditional cathode ray tube (CRT) displays and numerous mechanical gauges within all of its space shuttle cockpits with Philips FDS“ more advanced AMLCDs as part of a Boeing/Honeywell instrumentation retrofit programme.