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C-17 Facts: Everything You Need To Know

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C-17 Cockpit

C-17 Cockpit, C-17 Facts
U.S. Air Force

The Instrument Display in the C-17 cockpit is outfitted with 2 full-time all-function head-up displays (HUD) and 4 multi-function active matrix liquid crystal displays. The C-17 Globemaster III flight controls system maintains a quadruple-redundant electronic flight control with mechanical backup system. A recent upgrade to the C-17 avionics includes new mission displays and computers as well as new software for the warning and caution system. The new software is courtesy of Northrop Grumman Navigation Systems.