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The military requires a wide range of LCD displays. The type of display monitor required by the military can vary depending on the specific needs of the application. Some of the most common types of display monitors used by militaries include rugged LCDs, sunlight-readable LCDs, and touchscreen LCDs.

Rugged LCD displays are designed to withstand harsh environments and are often used in applications where the display will be exposed to extreme temperatures, vibration, or shock. Sunlight-readable LCDs are designed for use in bright sunlight and are often used in applications where the display will be used outdoors. Touchscreen LCDs, on the other hand, are designed for use with a touchscreen and are often used in applications where the user will need to interact with the display directly.

The most common type of display is the rugged military LCD display. This type of display is designed to withstand the rigors of military use and is often used in a variety of applications, including aircraft cockpits, ground vehicles, and ships. LCD displays are also used in military applications such as command and control centers.

An LCD display used by the military must be rugged and able to withstand harsh conditions. It must also be able to provide clear and legible information in all lighting conditions. Military LCD displays must also be able to operate in extremely cold or hot temperatures.

Nauticomp Inc.’s military-grade liquid crystal displays are made for use in the most extreme and harshest conditions. Our military-grade LCD screens are designed to comply with all military standards, with models that are NVIS-ready, and IP67/68-certified. Nauticomp Inc.’s military spec displays can endure the harsh conditions of temperature, dampness, and light while continuing to function at an optimal level.

We provide specialized displays and monitors that fulfill all your needs. Nauticomp Inc. can supply the correct tough display for any job such as special operations forces, the Navy, or the Army.

The Hammer display is a rugged, military-grade LCD that is designed for use in the most extreme environments. The Hammer display is NVIS-ready, and IP67/68-certified, making it perfect for use in applications where the display will be exposed to harsh conditions. The Hammer display is available in a variety of sizes and configurations to meet the needs of any application. The Hammer display is the perfect solution for any military application where the user needs a rugged, reliable display. These military-grade LCDs are touch glass compatible and have glares-coated safety glass with a three-year limited warranty.

The Genesis Display series is a line of military-grade LCDs that are designed for use in the harshest environments. The Genesis Display series features a military touchscreen display for improved interactivity and enhanced ease of use. The Genesis Display series is available in a variety of sizes and configurations to meet the needs of any application. Waterproof and designed for high IP67 requirements, these durable military-grade monitors can be utilized in any environment.

Nauticomp Inc. is a leading manufacturer of rugged military LCDs. Nauticomp’s products are designed to meet the demanding requirements of military applications. Nauticomp’s rugged displays are available in a variety of sizes and configurations to meet the needs of any application.

IVO industrial TFT LCDs – IVO are a Chinese TFT manufacturer, offering very competitively priced panels. They have a small line up, focused on industrial applications but are looking to expand their range in the near future. TFT panel driver boards for IVO industrial TFT LCDs are available – VGA, DVI and video input cards to drive a wide range of TFT panels. IVO is an innovative and renowned manufacturer of high-quality TFT LCD panels and displays, which CDS has  added to our product range. Our IVO TFTs in sizes from 7″ to 27″ (17.78 to 68.59 cm) are characterized by their wide, symmetrical viewing angles and a high resolution, which ensures a very detailed image reproduction.

IVO provide an excellent price performance ratio and CDS offers long-term available industrial TFTs with integrated LED converter in the sizes listed, plus for easy installation CDS offers these TFTs as a complete VIDEO/HDMI/VGA/DP kit solutions. For the MIPI TFT displays. Plus CDS also has matching resistive analog and PCAP (I²C or USB) touch screens, including customised touchscreen solutions. For other manufacturers we have Public Information Displays (PID) for advertising and infotainment which are available in sizes from 29″ (72.64 cm) to 85″ (215.9 cm), with various brightness levels up to 4500cd/m² and can be used in 24/7 permanent operation. The displays provide excellent value for money and long-term availability.

BATAJNICA, Serbia, April 30 (Reuters) - Serbia on Saturday showed off its new Chinese-made surface-to-air missiles and other military hardware purchased from both Russia and the West, as the country seeks to perform a delicate balancing act over Moscow"s invasion of Ukraine.

Members of the public and the media were invited to the display at the Batajnica military airfield near Belgrade, where Chinese and French missiles were lined up beside Airbus (AIR.PA) helicopters, Chinese-armed drones and Russian MIG-29 jets.

President Aleksandar Vucic toured Saturday"s display flanked by military commanders and watched an aerobatics show featuring overhauled MIG-29 jets donated by Russia in 2017.

Serbia"s military is loosely based on ex-Soviet technology and Russia is one of its main suppliers. Belgrade is also dependant on natural gas and oil supplies from Russia.

From its inception in 1973, General Digital™ has provided diverse products and services for high-end commercial, industrial and military applications. Additionally, they have worked diligently to deliver scores of standard and custom flat-panel products, optical enhancements and software solutions to the naval community.

The company’s extensive selection of LCD monitor products and peripherals are used on various programs supporting navigation, global positioning, communications, fire control, targeting, and man-machine interfaces. General Digital provides products for both C4I (command, control, communication and computer intelligence) and C4ISRT (command, control, communication and computer intelligence surveillance reconnaissance telemetry) applications.

From rack-mounted flip-up LCD monitor / keyboards to standalone enclosures to open frame monitor kits to dual display units to customized LCDs, General Digital has a long list of rugged display products that have satisfied customers in the US and foreign naval arenas.

For environments requiring twice the average display area, General Digital™ offers the TwoView™. Amazingly, this rack-mount unit measures only 2U (3.5 inches) high when stowed, yet accommodates two large flip-up displays (15 inches to 19 inches) and an integral mil-spec keyboard with trackball.

The rugged Saber RackMount 901D features a 19 or 20 inch LCD monitor with LED backlighting.

The TwoView features dual flip-up LCDs and a keyboard with an integral trackball.

The rugged TwoView features a lightweight enclosure made from a combination of steel and aluminum, and a spring coil latch to keep the displays secure when stowed. It’s ready to take on the most demanding industrial or military task.

As with most of General Digital’s™ LCD monitors, the TwoView comes with a full-featured video controller, offering support for NTSC, SECAM, PAL, RS-170, composite, sync-on-green,S-video, and numerous other video signals. For applications not requiring a keyboard and trackball, General Digital offers the TwoView Micro, which features dual flip-down displays, and can be rack mounted as well as wall or ceiling mounted.

The SlimLine 1U™ and SlimLine Lite II™ series cleverly combine a flip-up LCD monitor, keyboard and pointing device in one unit and are the perfect complement to General Digital’s other innovative, rack-mount products. Optimized for its ultra-low profile (1.75 inches high), the SlimLine 1U is designed to save valuable rack space and expense by providing a reliable and user-friendly operator interface. It is also designed to meet industrial and MIL-STD-810E and TEMPEST Level 2 requirements.

Numerous keyboard options are available with which to configure your SlimLine Series units. Choose from commercial, industrial and military grades. Many are NEMA4 / NEMA12 sealed and meet MIL-STD-810F, MIL-STD-901D and MIL-STD-167B shock and vibration requirements. The pointing device for most keyboards is a 1-3/8 inch, durable, sealed trackball. Available keyboard-trackball interfaces are PS/2, PC and Sun USB, and Sun Type 5 (8-pin Mini DIN).

Designed to meet the stringent requirements of most military and COTS (commercial off the shelf) applications, General Digital’s Saber 901D Series is compliant with MIL-STD-901D, Grade A and Class II lightweight shock requirements. Additionally, they are designed with the intent to meet several other military standards, including: MIL-STD-108E, MIL-STD-167-1, MIL-STD-461E, MIL-STD-740-1, MIL-STD-740-2, MIL-STD-810F.

Outfitted with military-grade I/O connectors, the stylish and robust unit features a modular subassembly, which has numerous benefits. Additionally, this sunlight readable unit is compatible with Night Vision Imaging System (NVIS) goggles and utilizes an all-LED backlight that is MIL-STD-3009 compliant. Video support is wide ranging, including NTSC, SECAM, PAL, RS-170, Composite, S-video, Sync-on-Green, and more.

Displays are everywhere in the 21st century military — from the one-inch-square displays on soldiers’ helmets, to four-inch displays on crowded control panels, to 20-inch panels in tactical operations centers.

The industries such as manufacturers, military, and others are using rugged displays for the monitoring of their operations and other contents. Displays must process information quickly, be sleek and compact in its design, offer a high-resolution image, and remain simple in operation.  The rugged displays are primarily known for their toughness as they are not easily breakable or too delicate to handle in the challenging environment involved in the industrial, commercial, or military industry.  The rugged displays are getting increasingly popular in the different industry verticals for their properties such as glass improved durability & impact resistance, dust resistance, waterproof, and scratch proof, advanced lamination, sunlight readability, reducing reflection, brightness and contrast

Rugged military displays must perform similarly but in incredibly harsh environmental conditions such as high resistance property to resist the dust penetration, scratches due to the environmental factor. “Most of the people out in a combat environment – they’re a gaming generation,” says Mike McCormack, president and CEO of CP Tech (San Diego, California). “They’re used to multiple inputs coming into them rapidly and processing that information more rapidly than previous generations.”

“Imagine that you have your display in front of you at your desk,” McCormack says. “Now imagine that I’m going to take you out to the Syrian desert, in the direct sunlight, there’s blowing sand, it’s going to be really cold on some nights, but in the afternoon it may get up to 120 degrees, but I want you to sit here and do the work on these displays. And there’s the possibility of live fire going on around you. You know as well as I do that your equipment is not going to survive.”

Previously most of the screens were LCDs (Liquid Crystal Displays), though they were a huge step up from cathode-ray displays; they had some setbacks compared to OLED displays.

An LCD consists of thin-film transistors (TFTs), which determine the resolution of the display. LCDs are cheap products built in giant fabs. Today, the largest LCD glass size being built is based on a Gen 10.5 technology. OLED is a next-generation display technology that is replacing LCD displays in several markets, such as small displays for mobile applications, TVs and microdisplays.

Although LCDs and rapidly maturing OLED displays have been the high-end electronic display of choice, they are power hungry and do not offer high level of brightness; therefore, the manufacturers’ war for innovation supremacy continues. The next-generation, self-emissive display technology will be more energy efficient, while the smart lighting components will better control lighting, intensity, color, direction, shape by integrating pixelated, non-organic LEDs.

Dual-Cell LCD technology, also known as ULED XD, takes two LCD panels and bonds them together. A processor splits the image into color gray scale information. The rear panel handles only luminance information, while the front panel handles color. The technology is meant to act as a cheaper alternative to OLED displays, with a significantly higher contrast ratio and competitive black levels.

Military users demand displays that are inexpensive yet tough enough to stand up to conditions like wrench-drop and boot-kick tests. At the same time, however, they have to be more than physically tough; displays must meet demanding military standards, shield against emissions of electromagnetic radiation, protect power-supply lines, manage thermal emissions, pare weight down, and keep power efficiency up.

“When we think rugged, we think it must survive environmental requirements, and it must be supportable over the life cycle of a military program,” says Jason Wade, president of ZMicro (San Diego, California). “All of this while using an LCD that was initially designed for a commercial application.” A rugged display must meet the customer requirements through various modifications to the LCD and the electronics, but also sustain a five- to 15-year program. Faced with such tough demands, system integrators tend to buy commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) displays, and then design ruggedized enclosures to meet the military specifications.

Once they have done all that, displays must boast top performance in a huge variety of conditions. Displays designed to operate outdoors must be visible by day but nearly invisible at night; displays that individual soldiers carry must be lightweight and flexible; and displays for command-and-control rooms must have great size and resolution.

One of the toughest requirements is designing displays for use with night-vision goggles (NVGs), says Chris Chance, manager of business development for vetronic systems at General Dynamics Canada. Even though a soldier wearing the goggles would never look directly at a screen, the light-amplifying lenses would blind him if he even glanced at it by mistake. So the latest displays must offer great dimming capability.

A typical commercial display offers a 6:1 ratio between its brightest and dimmest radiance, Chance says. But a military LCD must offer at least 1,000:1, so it can handle the range of conditions from full sunlight to the shade of an enclosed tank hull to nighttime operations. Blackout switches and color filters are other techniques for making LCD displays safe for use in an NVG environment.

“We need to make it work with low visual emission and high contrast; you can’t emit any stray ambient light or else you’re a target,” says Dan Dyring, program manager for drivers vision enhancer programs at Raytheon’s offices in Dallas. “That’s a big contrast to fighter aircraft where sunlight brightness is the challenge.” And yet it cannot be too bright; soldiers in the vehicle often wear light-amplifying night vision goggles, which boost available light hundreds of times. “If you look at an LCD panel, you’ll get a huge input of ambient light that just blows you away,” he says.

Another customer demand is size. A perennial challenge for display designers is how to give customers large viewing areas, while conserving space so soldiers can maneuver in a cramped cockpit. One solution is to combine displays with computers. “Aside from having displays just to look at, customers want displays to be smart, too,” Chance says. That also lets designers combine different types of displays, so one user could see a video feed from an external sensor as well as sophisticated graphics.

Such combined solutions are also helpful in meeting the most stringent electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding requirements. For instance, displays running classified data often need Tempest shielding to prevent spies with radio transceivers from eavesdropping on their signal emissions. Fewer displays means fewer enclosures to shield.

To cut down on computer and display sprawl, one solution may be dumb displays. “A dumb display is going to be smaller; it’s going to take up less room, and it’s going to be cost effective,” Kothari says. “What Systel does is create an all-in-one line-replaceable unit (LRU) mission computer that handles all the sensor ingest, all the networking, and then connects to a variety of displays onboard the vehicle. And because you’re doing all the computing in a single box, your displays can then be dumb displays.”

Military-use displays must be smaller, but they also must be more powerful. While consumer-technology capabilities are being adopted and implemented in the display’s design, those concepts need to be adjusted for the sheer amount of data that these displays take in and the intelligence being transmitted.

But users want more intelligence than that; they want a display to do more than simply show data. “People want more than one way to communicate with the screen,” Thomas says. “So we give them programmable keys, touch screens, pointing devices, voice-command, and speaking.” Building touch-screen displays for battlefield use is difficult because the environment is so dirty. Designers must build a screen that resists accidental triggers from dirt, crawling insects, bumps and nudges, water hose wash down, and electrical noise, he says

The U.S. Army’s Land Warrior program supplies soldiers with networked helmets so they and their commanders will have unprecedented awareness of the battlefield. Soldiers see that data on a helmet-mounted display that must be small, lightweight, power-efficient, and survivable in warfighting conditions like parachuting and nighttime use. “It gives soldiers a new capability of situational awareness, and a means of communicating other than waving your arms and shouting,” says Jim Melzer, product manager for helmet-mounted displays at Kaiser Electro-Optics.

Rollable, foldable, and wearable displays are also expected to hit the military market in the near future. These capabilities will drastically aid in launching the design of rugged displays to eventually support virtual and augmented reality. “The future does continue to evolve toward that flexible, wearable display,” Motter says. “In addition, the idea of virtual reality where the operator is wearing the display in an immersive environment is a huge area of development and investment in the display industry.”

Then comes the advent of artificial intelligence that – while admittedly farther down the line than most technological advancements for displays – will result in higher pixel densities to pull more data out of a video stream. The goal is simply to maximize the amount of information that customers can get from these displays; in due time, these capabilities will be just a touch away.

Military technology moves at a very slow pace in comparison to that of the commercial world and is built to last longer. Military equipment faces many standards and regulations, training periods, cost restrictions, and extensive deployment times that just aren’t a factor in the development of commercial products.

While modifications are often made to rugged displays to meet the unique needs of the operator, there are a specific set of regulations and military standards that these products must meet. These rugged display design requirements differ between the specifications of the user.

Understanding those user groups’ requirements from an environmental and rugged design perspective is critical. This is where military standards come into play, MIL-STD-810G being the most prevalent. MIL-STD-810G is a test plan that subjects military gear, including rugged displays, to conditions that it will experience throughout its time in a military program. This could include shock, sand and dust exposure, gunfire vibration, and more.

Other military standards that rugged displays often have to meet are MIL-STD-461, which details EMI requirements, and MIL-S-901D that simulates explosions in the water near ships and submarines. These standards are not limiting to the design of a rugged display, however, because they are simply vital to the display’s lifespan.

Military Rugged Display Market was valued at US$ 1,537.21 million in 2019 and is projected to reach US$ 2,647.30 million by 2027; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.4% from 2020 to 2027.

During the forecast period from 2020 to 2027, the growth outlook of military rugged display in all the major geographic regions is estimated to be quite positive. However, the market growth is likely to slow down during 2020–2021 due to disruptions in global businesses caused by the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak; to contain the spread of the virus, all major countries in Europe, APAC, and North America are imposing strict restrictions on business activities and the movement of goods and people. These factors are adversely affecting both supply and demand for various components and parts design ed for military applications.

The defense manufacturing industry is heavily dependent on manual labor, and it is experiencing a lack of labors in respective manufacturing facilities due to the lockdown regulations in many countries across the world. Major defense spenders allocate close to or over 2% of their GDP, a significant amount, to defense. However, several governments are deprioritizing defense spending owing to the emergence of pandemic. Also, governments of many countries are investing in the activities that may help control the spread of the virus. This factor is restricting the production of various defense equipment, thereby hindering the growth of military rugged display market.

Among the given regions, North America region leading the global market for Rugged Display due to the dense presence of end users from commercial, manufacturing, and others using Rugged Display. The market growth in this region is majorly driven by the growing implementation of advanced military rugged display and extensive government investments in the US defense sector. In addition, the presence of major market players such as Aydin Displays, Curtiss-Wright Corp, and General Micro Systems Inc., and reduction in the total cost of ownership (TCO) are among other factors supporting the market growth in North America. The growth is majorly driven by increasing defense budgets and mounting military aircraft modernization efforts.

The major segments in Rugged Display market  is performed as per the sizes of the displays used in the instruments including 1 inch to 10 inches, 10 inches to 20 inches, and more than 20 inches. These sizes vary as per the industry and their requirements. For example, less than 10 inches are primarily used in the smartphones and handheld instruments.

The major segments of the Rugged Display market on the basis of the product type is performed by considering the consumer requirement and industry which are deploying the Rugged Display as per type of product available. The segmentation includes the handheld displays, laptops and notebooks, military displays, notebooks and others. These product types are based on the industry-specific requirement of the rugged display. For example, the military displays are used for the monitoring of the military operations and they are preferred due to their rough nature.

Based on function, the global rugged display market has been bifurcated into two types that are single function rugged display and multi-function rugged display. Majority of the multifunction rugged displays are used in military and defense end use product. This is mainly due to rugged displays are allowed military and defense system operators access to critical data in harsh environment where normal displays could not operate.

The major segments of the Rugged Display market on the basis of the end user is performed by considering the industry verticals which are deploying the Rugged Display for carrying out their industry-specific operations. The segmentation includes the Defence and Aerospace, Transportation, healthcare, and others. These product types are based on the industry-specific requirement of the rugged display. For example, the transportation industry is using the rugged displays for vehicle-mounted displays. The rugged displays are used due to their high resistance to the dirt and less wear and tear.

Rising demand for human machine interferences (HMI) and internet of things (IoT) in various end use industries is expected to trigger the usage of rugged display. This in turn is anticipated to act as a driver of global rugged display market during the forecast period. Across the globe, various rugged display manufactures are now focusing on increasing their production due to growing adoption of rugged displays in the industrial sector for enhanced customer experience. On the flip side, increasing raw materials cost which is used for rugged display and high initial cost required for rugged display devices is hindering the growth of this product market in future years.

The key vendors are constantly focused on developing new displays and enhancements in their application to improvise the industrial usage. For example, Esterline Technologies Corporation, a one of the leading specialty manufacturer for the aerospace and defense rugged displays, launched the new version of its Thin eXtreme Display series. The newly launched products include TX series/2 display is offered as TX-126/2 of a 10-inch diagonal and TX-340, 15-inch diagonal. These displays are used with the full HD sensors interface.

Some other vendors include Advanced Embedded Solutions Ltd, Assured Systems Ltd, Aydin Displays, Crystal Group, Inc., General Digital Corporation, Hatteland Technology AS, Neuro Logic Systems, Inc., Winmate Inc., ZMicro, Inc., and CP Technologies LLC

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