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Many MFDs allow the pilot to display their navigation route, moving map, weather radar, [[NEXRAD]], [[Ground Proximity Warning System|GPWS]], [[Traffic Collision Avoidance System|TCAS]] and airport information all on the same screen.

MFDs were added to the [[Space Shuttle]] (as the glass cockpit) starting in 1998 replacing the analog instruments and CRTs. The information being displayed is similar, and the glass cockpit was first flown on the [[STS-101]] mission. Although many corporate business jets had them in the years prior, the piston-powered [[Cirrus SR20]] became the first [[type certificate|part-23 certified]] GA aircraft to be delivered with an MFD in 1999 (and one of the first GA aircraft with a 10" flat-panel screen), followed closely by the [[Columbia 300 (aircraft)|Columbia 300]] in 2000 and many others in the ensuing years.

In modern automotive technology, MFDs are used in cars to display navigation, entertainment and vehicle status information.