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- This Is How Last Generation Fighter Jet Helmets Work [Airplanes] Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 3:40PM# airplanes I always thought that last generation fighter combat helmets—like the Eurofighter Typhoon 's Head Equipment Assembly or the F-35 demon helmet —tracked the pilot's head position using gyroscopes. It turns out that they are more Kinect than Wiimote . More »
- Military helmet contract propels Gentex to new technological heights Thursday, July 29, 2010 @ 6:46PMGentex Corp. has won a contract to develop an advanced helmet-mounted display system for military aircrews that propels the Simpson-based company into new technological territory.The $12.6 million contract, which could expand to $50 million over five ye
- Northrop Grumman's APG-81 Radar Sensor Performs Flawlessly On First Mission Systems Flight of Lockheed Martin F-35 ... Wednesday, June 23, 2010 @ 3:40AMBALTIMORE | Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) new APG-81 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar met and exceeded its performance objectives successfully tracking long-range...
- Northrop Grumman's APG-81 Radar Sensor Performs Flawlessly On First Mission Systems Flight of Lockheed Martin F-35 ... Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 4:59PMBALTIMORE -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's new APG-81 active electronically scanned array radar met and exceeded its performance objectives successfully tracking long-range targets as part of the first mission systems test flights of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II BF-4 aircraft.
- The Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master advanced trainer adopts the Helmet Mounted Display Wednesday, May 19, 2010 @ 10:50AMAlenia 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...
- Thailand Orders More EADS Warning Systems Saturday, May 1, 2010 @ 2:00AMEADS Defense & Security has been ordered to equip three additional Thai air force helicopters with its helicopter laser radar obstacle warning system.
- Thailand orders more EADS warning systems Friday, April 30, 2010 @ 5:11AMBANGKOK, April 30 (UPI) -- EADS Defense & Security has been ordered to equip three additional Royal Thai Air Force helicopters with its Helicopter Laser Radar obstacle warning system.
- First Lockheed Martin Mission Systems-equipped F-35 Enters Flight Test Thursday, April 8, 2010 @ 3:43AMFort Worth, Texas | The first mission systems-equipped Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter flew for the first time today, ushering in what will be the most powerful and co...
- First Lockheed Martin Mission Systems F-35 Enters Flight Test Thursday, April 8, 2010 @ 12:11AMFort Worth TX (SPX) Apr 08, 2010 - The first mission systems-equipped Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter flew for the first time today, ushering in what will be the most powerful and comprehensive sensor package ever to fly in a fighter.
- First Lockheed Martin Mission Systems-Equipped F-35 Enters Flight Test Wednesday, April 7, 2010 @ 2:26PMThe first mission systems-equipped Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter flew for the first time today, ushering in what will be the most powerful and comprehensive sensor package ever to fly in a fighter.