A hybrid optical-physical touch screen for an airborne platform configured to distinguish between ambiance vibrations and a deliberate touch event, comprising: an electronic panel display ; one or more optical sensors coupled to the electronic panel display, parallel to the plane of the electronic panel display but displaced from it, said one or more optical sensors being configured to determine, a spatial location X-Y of a physical object in optical touch plane near the electronic panel display ; one or more touch sensors coupled to the electronic panel display and configured to determine a physical touch event between the physical object and the electronic panel display ; and, a processor configured to compare the determined spatial location of the physical object with the determined physical touch event between the physical object and the display at a same time, and determine, based on predefined parameters which are updated in real-time and are associated with the spatial location X-Y, whether an intentional physical touch event between the physical object and the electronic panel display has occurred at the spatial location X-Y; wherein the predefined parameters include a predefined set of ranges for the required level of physical force, each range associated with a different X-Y location on the display; wherein at least one range is associated with a button having specified X-Y location on the display, the button requiring a higher level of force to be activated comparative to other locations on the display; and, wherein the touch sensors are configured to measure a mechanical frequency level of the entire electronic panel display , wherein below a threshold value, the processor determines a physical touch event, and over a threshold value, the processor determines other vibrations. an electronic panel display ; one or more optical sensors coupled to the electronic panel display, parallel to the plane of the electronic panel display but displaced from it, said one or more optical sensors being configured to determine, a spatial location X-Y of a physical object in optical touch plane near the electronic panel display ; one or more touch sensors coupled to the electronic panel display and configured to determine a physical touch event between the physical object and the electronic panel display ; and, a processor configured to compare the determined spatial location of the physical object with the determined physical touch event between the physical object and the display at a same time, and determine, based on predefined parameters which are updated in real-time and are associated with the spatial location X-Y, whether an intentional physical touch event between the physical object and the electronic panel display has occurred at the spatial location X-Y; wherein the predefined parameters include a predefined set of ranges for the required level of physical force, each range associated with a different X-Y location on the display; wherein at least one range is associated with a button having specified X-Y location on the display, the button requiring a higher level of force to be activated comparative to other locations on the display; and, wherein the touch sensors are configured to measure a mechanical frequency level of the entire electronic panel display , wherein below a threshold value, the processor determines a physical touch event, and over a threshold value, the processor determines other vibrations. <EOS>