In order to enhance the human appliance interaction and improve the overall operation of the aircraft, the development process of the aircraft cockpit is summarized. It is clear that the smart development of the aircraft cockpit is inevitable, explores the differences between intelligent and wisdom, and puts forward the concept and design of the smart cockpit. Depth perception and immersion of the interaction, the category of cognitive, openness and personalized customization services of the smart cockpit design elements are put forward. And put forward the development of smart cockpit urgently need to solve the four key technologies: multidimensional depth information acoustic perfume and fusion technology,advanced information display technology, immigration natural interaction technology, intelligent situation cognitive technology and multi-integral independent adaptability technology. The study has a new thinking about the design of the smart cockpit.