Market Study of Military/Government Display Requirements for Center for Tactical Computer Systems (CENTACS).

The study was a thorough investigation of militarygovernment information display needs. The purpose was to identify, describe, classify, and organize a representative sampling of display requirements. Both current and prospective needs were addressed. As expected, the investigation determined the degrees of commonality that exist over a wide range of government display applications. Findings will expose candidate areas for responsive product or technology development. The study should complement efforts by industry and government in effective resource allocation and product planning. The study was directed at computer-driven display needs that require performance, reliability, or environmental capabilities that exceed commercial standards. Military programs, being most representative of such added capabilities, received primary attention. Commercial standards are those generally associated with computer laboratory environments. Included were displays of sufficient image capacity to be considered page-oriented devices.