U.S. Army press release (Feb. 10, 2004): Army teams with Arizona State University to establish center for flexible displays.The Army announced today the award of a cooperative-agreement with the Arizona State University Arizona State University, at Tempe; coeducational; opened 1886 as a normal school, became 1925 Tempe State Teachers College, renamed 1945 Arizona State College at Tempe. Its present name was adopted in 1958. in Tempe, Ariz., to set up the Army's Flexible Display Center (FDC FDC - Floppy Disk Controller ). The Arizona State University will establish the FDC and partner with industry and the government to advance flexible display science and manufacturing technology. The FDC will provide the Army with core competencies and expertise in flexible display component technology and develop the processes required to integrate this technology into manufacturable flexible displays. The Army's goal is to have rugged, low power flexible displays provide enhanced information and situational awareness Situation awareness or situational awareness [1] (SA) is the mental representation and understanding of objects, events, people, system states, interactions, environmental conditions, and other situation-specific factors affecting human performance in for the Soldier and vehicle platforms. This $43.7 million agreement has a performance period of five years with an option for an additional $50 million over an added five-year period. "The Army's Flexible Display Center will integrate the best research being done in the government, universities, and industry to rapidly bring to the Soldier the full potential of flexible display technology," said Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Research and Technology, Dr. Thomas H. Killion. "This paradigm shifting technology will make obsolete printed matter and the printing press." Display technology is critical to the Army's network centric Future Force. "Flexible display technology has the potential to be implemented in a wide variety of applications from command centers, to vehicle platforms, to individual Soldiers. It will revolutionize the way in which information is disseminated on the battlefield, increasing both the lethality and survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. of the Future Force," said Acting Director U.S. Army Research Laboratory John Miller. The Army Research Laboratory will have oversight of the FDC through the use of a Cooperative Agreement. The FDC will provide the focal point focal point n. See focus. for integrating the various technologies required to develop and manufacture flexible displays. The center will have the equipment required to do both developmental research and low-rate manufacturing. The cornerstone of these capabilities will be a research line for developing component technology and a pilot line with the capability to manufacture displays in limited quantities. The FDC will conduct unclassified un·clas·si·fied adj. 1. Not placed or included in a class or category: unclassified mail. 2. scientific research and development in four areas of emphasis: (1) backplane electronics, (2) manufacturing and integration, (3) electro-optic materials and devices, and (4) barriers and substrates. The Army seeks to provide the innovative research and development for materials, devices, and manufacturing processes to solve critical challenges in the performance and fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. of emissive e·mis·sive adj. Having the power or tendency to emit matter or energy; emitting. , transmissive, and reflective flexible display technologies. The Army intends to bring these key technology components of flexible displays to a commercially viable level. "The Army Research Laboratory looks forward to working with the FDC to fully realize the potential of flexible display technology and the mission-critical capabilities it will provide the Army," said Miller. For media queries, please contact Maj. Gary Tallman of Army Public Affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. at 703-697-4314. |
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