Clark said , “ Delta Airlines recently upgraded to touch control ( on the IFE system ), a new and improved app , and better features . They have embraced technology . United also just announced that they are adding new in-flight entertainment systems .”
At Rosen Aviation , although they ’ ve been around since 1982 , starting as Rosen Products by John Rosen with a focus on business jets with information and entertainment in the cabins , they are now deep into the newest and best technology of our time .
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Now , their focus is on a variety of technologies to bring to the aircraft .
As a vertical integrator , they can design in-house , or use the customer ’ s design , to machine , assemble and test on site at their location in Eugene , Oregon .
A staple of theirs has been the OLED display . According to https :// www . oled-info . com / oled-introduction , “ OLEDs are emissive displays that do not require a backlight and so are thinner and more efficient than LCD displays ( which do require a white backlight ).
OLED displays are not just thin and efficient — they provide the best image quality ever and they can also be made transparent , flexible , foldable and even rollable and stretchable in the future .”
Thus , as Finneman illustrates in the white paper , there is both a challenge and opportunity with technologies and OEMs . “ The aviation industry poses both unique challenges and opportunities for those concerned with obsolescence management . Highly regulated processes make product certification costly and time consuming , understandably limiting tolerance for change on the part of OEMs .