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LCD Assembly for Radar and Map Display Processor

Technical Information

Catalogue No: C1754
Category: Mission Systems
Object Type: Display Unit
Object Name: LCD Assembly for Radar and Map Display Processor
Part No: 3887/62585-25
Serial No: 09/2009
Manufacturer: GEC-Ferranti
Division: Unknown
Platform(s): Tornado
Year of Manufacture: circa 2009
Dimensions: Width (mm): 220
Height (mm): 160
Depth (mm): 310
Weight (g): 3,433
Location: Rack RAA08 [Main Store]
Inscription(s):

Label on inner side.
LCD Assembly
Part No. 3887/62585- 25
Ser. No. 00237
MFG Date 09/2009
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Label on Display
Part No. AP00038589 Ser. No. 0854
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Label on lower side
Salvage Scheme
AP00063487

Notes:

This is an LCD Assembly for a Radar and Map Display Processor unit, a part of TARDIS, from a Tornado GR4.

In February 2004 BAE Systems Avionics Systems was awarded a $70 million contract to provide 128 radar map display systems for the U.K. Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 ground attack aircraft. The system, known as the Tornado Advanced Radar/Map Display Information System (TARDIS), was developed in the United Kingdom and is replacing obsolete radar projected map display systems. TARDIS is a state-of-the-art system using active-matrix liquid crystal displays, the latest radar processing techniques, map generation software, and graphics using Wind River platform technologies and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware. TARDIS provides digital color display screens for the Tornado pilot and navigator, which can be used cooperatively or independently, and performs data fusion of radar data and digital moving map display data to provide advanced, enhanced situational awareness for low-level terrain navigation and avoidance capabilities.

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