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To: Tony Havelka who wrote (257)	4/28/1997 10:18:00 PM
From: David Rodella	of 7340

Dear Tony: I'm not sure where MVIS stands currently as regards a field of view but the USAF is funding them for initial work on a very high resolution head mounted simulator. They must see some potential. Also, Northern Telecom discussed the use of VRD in cellular phones during their presentation at the GSM conference in France recently. It seems unlikely to me that they would have made these public comments at a professional convention unless they saw great promise in the technology. I do wonder though, whether it was foolish of them to alert the competition before they cemented their own relationship with a contract? I also heard that GEC/Marconi and Honeywell representatives both talked about the potential for VRD in military HUDs at an aerospace conference in Florida. Since they both appeared enthusiastic, can we infer that this represents their parent corporate views or were these just personal observations? How close is the relationship between GEC, HON and MVIS? Its exciting to consider that these two giants in avionics with specialisations in cockpit systems might at least looking at VRD as a possibility. Regards, David