Synergy Through Technology Transfer Between Hughes and Delco Electronics

The first production configured Head-Up Display (HUD) was introduced in the United States in the 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Indianapolis 500 Pace Car Parade Convertibles. The HUD used in this Pace Car was designed, fabricated and installed by a team from Oldsmobile, CPC Advanced Engineering, Delco and Hughes in less than four months.

This paper is a brief account of the technical, business and management decisions that helped expedite this project.