Spectron Engineering - Solutions for the F-15

Solutions for the F-15

Project Specifications:

●Started development in 1993

●Delivered first systems in 1993

●Total of 52 systems delivered

●Systems are currently in use by Air Force

►Customer Requirements:

→Utilize automation to reduce the costs of display testing by minimizing dependency on human input

→Test precision and accuracy of the position, line width and brightness of images projected

on the following six displays associated with the F-15:

→Wide Field of View Holographic HUD →Dual-Combiner / Flat Glass HUD

→ANMI Mono-Chrome Display →MPDU Mono-Chrome Display

→903 MPCD Shadow Mask Color Display →904 MPCD Shadow Mask Color Display

Spectron's Solution:

Core DASH System:

DASH Fixturing:


	→The Camera, Transport and Controller


→Fixtures were developed to hold all six

are the main components in the Core DASH

of the customer's displays

	System

→An Optical Breadboard was developed

→The Camera is mounted in the Transport

as a base on which to mount the Camera /


	→The Camera / Transport module is

Transport module and all of the Fixtures

connected to the Controller with the

→All Fixtures are equipped with three

	DASH Cable

bushings that easily mount on corresponding

→The Core DASH System uses electronics,

bushings in the Optical Breadboard, allowing

robotics and optics to test displays

for precise positioning of each Fixture


	Additional info on the Core DASH System


Additional info on the DASH Fixturing

DASH Self-Alignment Systems:

DASH Accessories:


	→The three different Self-Alignment Tools


→Each DASH Accessory was designed to

mount on specific Fixtures

either complement the design of the DASH


	→Each Self-Alignment Tool is equipped

System or to fulfill specific auxiliary

with crosshairs that the Core DASH System

customer requirements

uses to determine exactly where the specific

	Fixture is holding its display

→This form of internal metrology helps

reduce the costs of display testing by

minimizing dependency on human input


	Additional info on the Self-Alignment Systems

Additional info on the DASH Accessories