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MIL-HDBK-87213 Revision A:2005

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ELECTRONICALLY/OPTICALLY GENERATED AIRBORNE DISPLAYS
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Superseded date

02-03-2020

Language(s)

English

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1 SCOPE
  1.1 Scope
  1.2 Use
  1.3 Structure
  1.4 Deviation
  1.5 Responsible engineering office
2 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS
  2.1 Government documents
      2.1.1 Specifications, standards, and handbooks
      2.1.2 Other Government documents, drawings, and
             publications
  2.2 Non-Government standards and other publications
3 REQUIREMENTS
  3.1 Controls and displays segment
      3.1.1 Primary flight displays (PFD)
      3.1.2 Situation displays
      3.1.3 Head up or helmet mounted displays (HUD/HMD)
      3.1.4 Vehicle management subsystem (VMS) displays
      3.1.5 Warning, caution, and advisory (WCA) displays
      3.1.6 Avionic subsystem control and data entry
      3.1.7 Video recording
  3.2 Characteristics of subordinate elements
      3.2.1 Performance environments
      3.2.2 System interface
      3.2.3 Reliability
      3.2.4 Maintainability
      3.2.5 Weight
      3.2.6 Volume
  3.3 Design and construction
      3.3.1 Environmental integrity
      3.3.2 Safety
      3.3.3 Human engineering
4 VERIFICATIONS
  4.1 Verification of controls and displays segment
      4.1.1 Verification of primary flight displays
      4.1.2 Verification of situation displays
      4.1.3 Verification of HUD/HMD
      4.1.4 Verification of vehicle management subsystem (VMS)
             displays
      4.1.5 Verification of warning, caution, and advisory (WCA)
             displays
      4.1.6 Verification of avionic subsystem control and data
             entry
      4.1.7 Verification of video recording
  4.2 Verification of characteristics of subordinate elements
      4.2.1 Verification of performance environments
      4.2.2 Verification of system interface
      4.2.3 Verification of reliability
      4.2.4 Maintainability verification
      4.2.5 Verification of weight
      4.2.6 Verification of volume
  4.3 Verification of design and construction
      4.3.1 Verification of environmental integrity
      4.3.2 Verification of safety
      4.3.3 Human engineering verification
5 DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS
  5.1 Definitions
      5.1.1 Average luminance
      5.1.2 Built-in tests (BIT)
      5.1.3 Conformal
      5.1.4 Contrast definitions
      5.1.5 Diffuse reflection
      5.1.6 Display element
      5.1.7 Fill factor
      5.1.8 Gray shade
      5.1.9 Gray level
      5.1.10 Line pair
      5.1.11 Line rate
      5.1.12 Lines (of resolution)
      5.1.13 Malfunctions
      5.1.14 Minutes and milliradians
      5.1.15 Occlude
      5.1.16 Out-of-tolerance condition
      5.1.17 Pixel
      5.1.18 Self-tests
      5.1.19 Specular reflection
      5.1.20 Quantities of light
  5.2 Acronyms
6 NOTES
  6.1 Intended use
  6.2 Subject term (key word) listing
  6.3 International Standardization Agreements
  6.4 Changes from previous issue
APPENDIX
A.1. Acceleration display
A.2. Attitude display
A.3. Attitude director indicator (ADI)
A.4. Clock/timer
A.5. Engine pressure ratio system (EPR)
A.6. Engine temperature display
A.7. Flight director system (FDS)
A.8. Rate of fuel flow system
A.9. Fuel savings advisory system (FSAS)
A.10. Fuel quantity system
A.11. Horizontal situation indicator (HSI)
A.12. Hydraulic pressure indicator and sensor
A.13. Magnetic compass
A.14. Engine oil quantity indicating system
A.15. Oil pressure indicating system
A.16. Position indicating system
A.17. Tachometer indicator system
A.18. Thrust computing system (TCS)
A.19. Turn and slip display
A.20. Warning system
FIGURES
TABLES

Describes the sample specification paragraphs, rationale, guidance, and lessons learned that are useful in the development of the primary flight displays and mission avionics controls and displays subsystem for an aircraft.

Committee
AREA 15GP
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes AFGS 87213 (04/2003)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
196
PublisherName
US Military Specs/Standards/Handbooks
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes

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