Collins Aerospace's sixth-generation cockpit demonstrator as seen at the Navy League Sea-Air-Space global maritime exposition in April 2024. (Janes/Jeremiah Cushman)

Collins Aerospace is demonstrating its latest cockpit technology for sixth-generation manned combat aircraft at the Navy League Sea-Air-Space 2024 global maritime exposition in National Harbor, Maryland, held from 8 to 10 April.

The technology demonstrator is conceptual and is being constantly upgraded with feedback from potential users, Tracy Miller, principal sales engineer, Collins Aerospace, told Janes on 8 April. The cockpit technology is intended to be ready for both US Air Force and US Navy sixth-generation aircraft programmes, he said.

The company is trying to understand air force and navy requirements and use what it learns from the demonstrator to potentially guide these requirements, Miller said. Collins Aerospace builds both the hardware and the software shown as well as the ACES 5 ejection seat in the demonstrator.

The system employs the company's Operational Reasoner algorithmic software, which seeks to turn the pilot “into more of a quarterback”, said Jack Jordan, advanced flight autonomy principal systems engineer at Collins Aerospace. Future aerial combat is assessed to have the pilot managing multiple unmanned assets.

Collins Aerospace's sixth-generation cockpit demonstrator as seen at the Navy League Sea-Air-Space global maritime exposition in April 2024. (Janes/Jeremiah Cushman)

Collins Aerospace is demonstrating its latest cockpit technology for sixth-generation manned combat aircraft at the Navy League Sea-Air-Space 2024 global maritime exposition in National Harbor, Maryland, held from 8 to 10 April.

The technology demonstrator is conceptual and is being constantly upgraded with feedback from potential users, Tracy Miller, principal sales engineer, Collins Aerospace, told Janes on 8 April. The cockpit technology is intended to be ready for both US Air Force and US Navy sixth-generation aircraft programmes, he said.

The company is trying to understand air force and navy requirements and use what it learns from the demonstrator to potentially guide these requirements, Miller said. Collins Aerospace builds both the hardware and the software shown as well as the ACES 5 ejection seat in the demonstrator.

The system employs the company's Operational Reasoner algorithmic software, which seeks to turn the pilot “into more of a quarterback”, said Jack Jordan, advanced flight autonomy principal systems engineer at Collins Aerospace. Future aerial combat is assessed to have the pilot managing multiple unmanned assets.

Collins Aerospace's sixth-generation cockpit demonstrator as seen at the Navy League Sea-Air-Space global maritime exposition in April 2024. (Janes/Jeremiah Cushman)

Collins Aerospace is demonstrating its latest cockpit technology for sixth-generation manned combat aircraft at the Navy League Sea-Air-Space 2024 global maritime exposition in National Harbor, Maryland, held from 8 to 10 April.

The technology demonstrator is conceptual and is being constantly upgraded with feedback from potential users, Tracy Miller, principal sales engineer, Collins Aerospace, told Janes on 8 April. The cockpit technology is intended to be ready for both US Air Force and US Navy sixth-generation aircraft programmes, he said.

The company is trying to understand air force and navy requirements and use what it learns from the demonstrator to potentially guide these requirements, Miller said. Collins Aerospace builds both the hardware and the software shown as well as the ACES 5 ejection seat in the demonstrator.

The system employs the company's Operational Reasoner algorithmic software, which seeks to turn the pilot “into more of a quarterback”, said Jack Jordan, advanced flight autonomy principal systems engineer at Collins Aerospace. Future aerial combat is assessed to have the pilot managing multiple unmanned assets.

Collins Aerospace's sixth-generation cockpit demonstrator as seen at the Navy League Sea-Air-Space global maritime exposition in April 2024. (Janes/Jeremiah Cushman)

Collins Aerospace is demonstrating its latest cockpit technology for sixth-generation manned combat aircraft at the Navy League Sea-Air-Space 2024 global maritime exposition in National Harbor, Maryland, held from 8 to 10 April.

The technology demonstrator is conceptual and is being constantly upgraded with feedback from potential users, Tracy Miller, principal sales engineer, Collins Aerospace, told Janes on 8 April. The cockpit technology is intended to be ready for both US Air Force and US Navy sixth-generation aircraft programmes, he said.

The company is trying to understand air force and navy requirements and use what it learns from the demonstrator to potentially guide these requirements, Miller said. Collins Aerospace builds both the hardware and the software shown as well as the ACES 5 ejection seat in the demonstrator.

The system employs the company's Operational Reasoner algorithmic software, which seeks to turn the pilot “into more of a quarterback”, said Jack Jordan, advanced flight autonomy principal systems engineer at Collins Aerospace. Future aerial combat is assessed to have the pilot managing multiple unmanned assets.

Collins Aerospace's sixth-generation cockpit demonstrator as seen at the Navy League Sea-Air-Space global maritime exposition in April 2024. (Janes/Jeremiah Cushman)

Collins Aerospace is demonstrating its latest cockpit technology for sixth-generation manned combat aircraft at the Navy League Sea-Air-Space 2024 global maritime exposition in National Harbor, Maryland, held from 8 to 10 April.

The technology demonstrator is conceptual and is being constantly upgraded with feedback from potential users, Tracy Miller, principal sales engineer, Collins Aerospace, told Janes on 8 April. The cockpit technology is intended to be ready for both US Air Force and US Navy sixth-generation aircraft programmes, he said.

The company is trying to understand air force and navy requirements and use what it learns from the demonstrator to potentially guide these requirements, Miller said. Collins Aerospace builds both the hardware and the software shown as well as the ACES 5 ejection seat in the demonstrator.

The system employs the company's Operational Reasoner algorithmic software, which seeks to turn the pilot “into more of a quarterback”, said Jack Jordan, advanced flight autonomy principal systems engineer at Collins Aerospace. Future aerial combat is assessed to have the pilot managing multiple unmanned assets.

Collins Aerospace's sixth-generation cockpit demonstrator as seen at the Navy League Sea-Air-Space global maritime exposition in April 2024. (Janes/Jeremiah Cushman)

Collins Aerospace is demonstrating its latest cockpit technology for sixth-generation manned combat aircraft at the Navy League Sea-Air-Space 2024 global maritime exposition in National Harbor, Maryland, held from 8 to 10 April.

The technology demonstrator is conceptual and is being constantly upgraded with feedback from potential users, Tracy Miller, principal sales engineer, Collins Aerospace, told Janes on 8 April. The cockpit technology is intended to be ready for both US Air Force and US Navy sixth-generation aircraft programmes, he said.

The company is trying to understand air force and navy requirements and use what it learns from the demonstrator to potentially guide these requirements, Miller said. Collins Aerospace builds both the hardware and the software shown as well as the ACES 5 ejection seat in the demonstrator.

The system employs the company's Operational Reasoner algorithmic software, which seeks to turn the pilot “into more of a quarterback”, said Jack Jordan, advanced flight autonomy principal systems engineer at Collins Aerospace. Future aerial combat is assessed to have the pilot managing multiple unmanned assets.