Review of Defense Display Research Programs

Abstract

Display research has comprised a substantial portion of the defense investment in new technology for national security for the past 13 years. These investments have been made by the separate service departments and, especially, via several Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) programs, known collectively as the High Definition Systems (HDS) Program (which ended in 2001) and via the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III Program (efforts ended in 2000). Using input from the Army, Navy, and Air Force to focus research and identify insertion opportunities, DARPA and the Title III Program Office have made investments to develop the national technology base and manufacturing infrastructure necessary to meet the twin challenge of providing affordable displays in current systems and enabling the DoD strategy of winning future conflicts by getting more information to all participants during the battle. These completed DARPA and DPA research and infrastructure programs are reviewed. Service investments have been and are being made to transition display technology; examples are described. Display science and technology (S&T) visions are documented for each service to assist the identification of areas meriting consideration for future defense research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA430752

Entities

People

  • Darrel G. Hopper
  • David C. Morton
  • Ranganthan N. Shashidhar
  • Robert W. Tulis

Organizations

  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Display Systems
  • Electro-Optics
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Flat Panel Displays
  • Human-Machine Interaction
  • Information Systems
  • Liquid Crystal Displays
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Organic Light Emitting Diodes
  • Situational Awareness
  • Synthetic Vision Systems
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.