At Paris Air Show 2007, avionics display specialist Barco has unveiled the successor of its widely used Control Display Unit 'CDMS'. With the next generation 'CDMS-3000', Barco raises the bar by offering markedly improved image quality and modularity while greatly reducing weight, size and energy consumption. At the same time, the new CDMS-3000 introduces a flexible open system architecture and a wealth of interfacing options.

"Our brand-new generation of Control Display Units represents a new level of flexibility for our customers," explains Barco Avionics Product Manager Jean-Christophe Monfret. "Thanks to the unique MOSArt development platform, system integrators can easily develop and integrate their own FMS application, or any other application, on the powerful CDMS-3000 unit. This allows the CDMS-3000 to be used for a multitude of roles in a wide variety of new and retrofit aircraft and helicopters."

The innovative CDMS-3000 line comes as a complete product family, including the civil CDMS-3739 (ARINC-739), the military-oriented CDMS-3753 (combo ARINC-429 and MIL-STD-1553), and the versatile CDMS-3702, which hosts the unique MOSArtTM software development platform. All versions feature a sunlight-readable, NVG compliant 3 x 4 inch AMLCD panel with VGA resolution. Various keyboard sizes with different engravings and colors are available, enabling form-fit-function compatibility with existing units.

Thanks to its multitude of interfacing options, including ARINC-429, Ethernet, mass memory and front USB, the CDMS-3000 can be applied as an advanced FMS host platform as well as a data loader. To enable excellent reliability and a low life cycle costs even in the harshest operating conditions, the new CDMS-3000 features a cold wall air cooling system.