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Helmet

Raytheon/Thales team wins contract for helicopter helmet mounted displays

gentex-hgu-56p-soar-l-5mjsRaytheon/Thales

Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC (RTSC), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company, together with teammate Thales Visionix Inc. (TVI), has won an award valued at $3.5 million for the engineering and manufacturing development of Common Helmet Mounted Display (CHMD) systems… Continue reading

Boeing Integrates Next-Gen Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System on Silent Eagle

  • Test validates functionality of JHMCS II/h on flight demonstrator
  • Fighter jet development proceeding on schedule

Boeing [NYSE: BA] recently validated the integration of the next-generation Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System II/h (JHMCS II/h) on the company’s F-15 Silent Eagle demonstrator… Continue reading

State-of-the-art helmet solutions for Tornado pilots

Farnborough, United Kingdom; BAE Systems has delivered an Urgent Operational Requirement to the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) to help Tornado pilots identify friendly forces.

The equipment is a high-tech helmet system which projects data in front of the pilot’s… Continue reading

New Tornado helmet flown in Afghanistan

BAE Systems has delivered an Urgent Operational Requirement to the Royal Air Force (RAF) that helps its Tornado pilots identify friendly forces.

The equipment is a high-tech helmet system which projects information in front of the pilot’s eye allowing instant… Continue reading

Lockheed Martin Selects BAE Systems to Supply F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Helmet Display Solution

LONDON, United Kingdom – BAE Systems has been selected by Lockheed Martin, prime contractor for the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), to supply a Night Vision Goggle Helmet Mounted Display (NVG HMD) system for the F-35 during the next phase of… Continue reading

Helmet Mounted Display System now operational in South African Air Force

South Africa was the first Gripen customer to order the state-of-the-art ”Cobra” HMD ( Helmet Mounted Display) for use on their 26 Gripen fighters. The deliveries of the system to the front line squadron has now commenced and 2 Squadron… Continue reading

Marshall Slingsby Advanced Composites awarded third successive order for Eurofighter aircraft helmets

Marshall Slingsby Advanced Composites, a subsidiary of the UK’s leading independent aerospace company Marshall Aerospace, has been awarded a third successive order from BAE Systems Rochester to manufacture additional Eurofighter Aircraft (EFA) helmets by the close of 2014.

Steven Boyd,… Continue reading

New helmet enables Typhoon Pilots to look, lock-on and fire!

It looks like something out of Star Wars; it performs like something out of Star Wars – and for the fast-jet fighter pilots of the future – it could just make the difference between life and death.

Welcome to the… Continue reading

Royal Navy Takes First Delivery of BAE Systems Q-Sight Helmet-Mounted Display for Lynx Helicopters

ROCHESTER, UK ― BAE Systems has delivered the first order of a new helmet-mounted optical sighting system to the Royal Navy, addressing a mission-critical need for increased air door gunner situational awareness on helicopters. BAE Systems, prime contractor for the… Continue reading

The Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master advanced trainer adopts the Helmet Mounted Display

Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company, recently carried out the first flight tests of the new sophisticated Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) system that will be fitted to the M-346 Master advanced training aircraft.

The HMD system, a true interface between the… Continue reading

Boeing Receives Additional Contract for Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems

ST. LOUIS, March 18, 2010 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced it received a $39.6 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense in December to provide 85 Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS).

Boeing will deliver JHMCS aircraft hardware… Continue reading

Elbit Subsidiary Awarded Helmet Contracts Valued at More Than $120 Million

Vision Systems International, (VSI), a leader in advanced Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) technology, has received several new contracts with a total value of more than $120 million. VSI is a joint venture between Elbit Systems of America, a subsidiary of… Continue reading