MIL-HDBK-87213 Revision A:2005

FORWARD
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
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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.

This handbook provides 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. This includes head-up Displays (HUDs), helmet-mounted displays (HMDs), and multi-function displays (MFDs), used for presentation of graphics as well as display of television (TV), forward looking infrared (FLIR), radar video, and the associated electronic display generation equipment. Rationale paragraphs explain the reason for specifying each parameter. Guidance paragraphs explain what values are normally used and why. Lessons learned paragraphs serve as a historical information repository for this technical area.