Center Console

Tactical Information Display (TID)

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The Tactical Information Display (TID) presents tactical, navigation, and data link information to the RIO and provides associated navigation and display controls.

INS Status Indicator

The INS status indicator (1) displays inertial navigation system alignment status.

  • STBY — Power applied but alignment not complete.
  • READY — Minimum alignment sufficient for AIM-54 launch criteria.

Both lights extinguish when an INS mode is selected. The indicator may also display fault conditions.

Contrast Knob

The CONTRAST knob (2) adjusts contrast of TCS video displayed on the TID.

Data Readout Drum

The DATA READOUT drum (3) indicates the data source currently shown on the TID alphanumeric readouts.

The drum may be blank for sources that do not generate textual data.

Brightness Knob

The BRIGHT knob (4) controls overall TID display brightness.

Steering Indicator Drum

The STEERING indicator drum (5) displays the steering information currently being provided to the pilot.

Destination Selector

The DEST selector (6) selects the destination used for navigation in destination mode.

Collision Steering Button

The CLSN button (7) selects collision steering toward a tracked target or the TWS centroid.

Display Selection Buttons

The DISPLAY buttons (8) control which elements are shown on the TID.

Each button includes an indicator light showing current selection state.

Available display selections include:

  • RID DISABLE — Not implemented.
  • ALT NUM — Toggles altitude numerics next to track symbols.
  • SYM ELEM — Toggles supplementary track symbology. When deselected, only the track symbol dot is displayed.
  • DATA LINK — Toggles display of all data link tracks.
  • JAM STROBE — Toggles display of jamming strobes.
  • NON-ATTK — Toggles display of non-attackable tracks.
  • VEL VECTOR — Toggles display of velocity vectors.
  • LAUNCH ZONE — Toggles missile launch zone display. Replaces velocity vectors when applicable. Automatically enabled by the WCS 60 seconds prior to maximum missile launch range.

Range Selector

The RANGE selector (9) selects the TID display scale.

The selected range corresponds to the diameter distance represented on the display.

TID Mode Selector

The TID MODE selector (10) selects the current TID presentation mode.

Track Hold Button

The TRACK HOLD button (11) extends the time before a radar track is dropped after the last observation.

When selected, track retention time is increased to two minutes. Normal retention time is approximately 14 seconds.

The NAV MODE selector (12) selects navigation reference systems and controls INS alignment and operating mode.

Hand Control Unit (HCU)

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The hand control unit is the primary control stick for radar and TCS operation.

IR/TV Switch

The IR/TV switch (1) controls TCS power.

  • OFF/STBY — Applies power without full operation.
  • ON — Enables full TCS operation.

IR/TV Overtemperature Indicator

The IR/TV overtemp indicator (2) illuminates when an overtemperature condition exists within the TCS.

Light Test Button

The LIGHT TEST button (3) initiates a test of all AWG-9 indicator lights.

Power Reset Indicator

The PWR RESET indicator (4) illuminates when one or more secondary power supplies are inoperative.

Power Reset Button

The PWR RESET button (5) attempts to restore inoperative secondary power supplies.

If the fault condition persists, affected supplies will remain inoperative.

WCS Status Indicator

The WCS indicator (6) illuminates under the following conditions:

  • STBY or XMT selected while radar warmup is incomplete.
  • XMT selected while radar transmission remains inhibited.

WCS Power Switch

The WCS switch (7) controls weapon control system power.

  • STBY — Applies power to WCS and begins radar warmup without transmission.
  • XMT — Enables radar transmission when warmup is complete.

Display warmup time is approximately 30 seconds. Radar warmup time is approximately three minutes.

Manual Rapid Lockon Button

The MRL button (8) selects manual rapid lock-on mode.

This mode overrides all other radar operating modes except PLM and VSL.

Offset Button

The OFFSET button (9) offsets the TID display to the currently hooked location.

Antenna Elevation Thumbwheel

The ELEV thumbwheel (10) fine-tunes radar antenna elevation during STT lock-on acquisition.

HCU Trigger

The HCU trigger (11) is a two-stage trigger used to command various WCS functions depending on selected mode.

  • First detent — HALF ACTION.
  • Second detent — FULL ACTION.

Functions include target acquisition and symbol hook.

Hand Control Function Buttons

The hand control function buttons (12) select the active control mode of the HCU stick.

The buttons are mutually exclusive and light up when selected.

Available functions are:

  • IR/TV — Controls TCS azimuth, elevation, and tracking. Enables display of TCS elevation on the right elevation indicator on the DDD.
  • RDR — Controls radar antenna elevation and STT acquisition or return to search. Displays commanded radar antenna elevation on the DDD.
  • DDD CURSOR — Controls DDD cursor for marking geographic positions in pulse radar mode.
  • TID CURSOR — Controls the TID cursor used to hook symbols on the TID.