Simulated cockpit hardware
F-16 Frame
Cockpit structural platform for F-16 cockpit simulation systems
A NeoEngress F-16 cockpit frame provides a full-metal structure for simulation system integrators to install their functional components and build mission-oriented systems around the assembly.
Customer benefits
The real F-16 airframe's crew station section poses a tough engineering challenge for cockpit builders to tackle. An integrator with readily available internal components may still face years of hard work just to build a structure around the functionality. The NeoEngress F-16 cockpit frame delivers the mechanical basis and visual identity in one package with the NeoEngress ACES II ejection seat as a compatible addition so integrators can focus on delivering the functional value without taking on a separate structural development effort.
Structural build-up
A look beneath the surface
Compare the NeoEngress F-16 frame structure with a completed customer system built around it. The views show what the frame provides and what the integrator adds.
Forms the outer cockpit envelope.
Adds the primary internal support structure.
Completes the offered structural platform.
Adds the primary internal support structure.
Completes the offered structural platform.
The offered frame package prepares the structure for customer-led integration.
Visual reference of the intended customer application; avionics and panels not available.
Product status
Engineering maturity
Evolving model
Deliverable condition
Newly fabricated & assembled
Production basis
Built to order, volume-capable
Product form
Supplied as modular subassemblies
Project fit
Product scope and provisions
The F-16 frame is a complex mechanical system. The tub, with its curved skin panels around the stringers, formers, and brackets, forms a sturdy chassis and provides stable mounting points for the internal structural modules. The coated finish and paint scheme present a highly distinctive F-16 appearance.
The MFD frames, center pedestal, auxiliary consoles and side consoles expose mechanical surfaces for customer subsystems to install onto. The forward top enclosure consists of 3D formed glare shields and the iconic HUD block, with supporting structures bridging the front firewall and center pedestal. The crew station floor and rear bulkhead are designed with mounting points for the ejection rails assembly. Hinged exterior panels and doors provide additional access to service equipment beneath the skin panels.
Further details and quotes can be requested through inquiry. The images in the gallery show an active project with the structure and NeoEngress ACES II seat being put together. The images do not prescribe a standard configuration, but should be helpful with planning an inquiry.
Acquisition
Discuss an F-16 build
The frame is built to order and each inquiry is reviewed against the requested structural scope, project context, quantity and delivery destination. Use the inquiry entry to carry this product context into the next step.