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Tue, January 20, 2009 Aydin Selected by General Dynamics for CDS Displays
ATLANTA--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Video Display Corporation (NASDAQ:VIDE) announces that its Aydin Displays Inc. subsidiary has been awarded a multiple-year contract by General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Fairfax, Va., to supply the U.S. Navy with 24-inch rugged flat panel monitors for the Common Displays System (CDS) Program.
General Dynamics, the prime contractor for the Navy's CDS Program, selected Aydin in a full and open competition. Aydin has a long and successful history as a supplier of cutting edge displays for naval applications.
The contract will provide Aydin displays for the Navy's CDS consoles in support of the DDG and Aegis Modernization. CDS is a family of displays that will be implemented across platform systems on Navy surface ships, submarines, and aircraft. CDS is designed to meet open architecture and open business model requirements with minimized lifecycle costs that will ensure its interoperability and the ability to handle frequent updates of the latest technology. The CDS product family consists of a series of display configurations based on standardized interchangeable components. The CDS displays also provide a robust capability to meet the Navy's current and future needs for open systems, security features and cost effectiveness. CDS systems have an intended service life of 30 years.
For this part of the CDS program, Aydin will provide General Dynamics with a 24-inch 4424 Rugged Flat Panel Display, specifically designed to meet the stringent shock, vibration, EMI, and temperature requirements of the U.S. Navy while providing superior visual performance under all conditions. The design and qualification of the displays is scheduled to be completed in early 2009, with production orders commencing shortly thereafter.
Art Mengel, president of Aydin Displays Inc., stated, "This multiple year multi-million dollar award reinforces the company's position as a key supplier of rugged shipboard displays for the U.S. Military. Aydin is pleased that General Dynamics used open architecture combined with an open business model approach. This approach provided us the opportunity to showcase our capabilities and win a key role on the CDS program. We look forward to continuing our support of United States Military Programs like CDS."
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