麦道公司牵头的一个公司集团即将研制对民用和军用机都很重要的光传和动力电传飞控系统的关键部件。这个经费为4300万美元,为期2年的光传先进系统硬件(FLASH)研制项目包括在克林顿政府的技术再投资计划中。FLASH技术可放宽目前在客机上实施的在某些飞行阶段不准在机上使用膝上型计算机或其他电子设备 A group of companies led by McDonnell Douglas is about to develop the key components of a light and power fly-by-wire flight control system that are important to both civilian and military aircraft. The funding is $ 43 million and the two-year Light Advanced Systems Hardware (FLASH) development project is included in the Clinton administration’s technology re-investment program. FLASH technology can relax the current implementation of the passenger aircraft are not allowed to use laptops or other electronic devices on certain aircraft during certain flight phases