Boeing.
Boeing has begun flight tests of the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing
System Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) is a US joint service helmet mounted display produced by VSI under contract to Boeing which projects information similar to head up display on the visor thereby allowing the aircrew to cue the weapons system to the direction the head is integration in the aft cockpits of the US Navy's F/A-18F
Super Hornet hornet: see wasp. . The testing, performed under a recent $ 4.4 million
contract from the US Navy, marks the first time both pilot and weapon
systems officer have used the helmet helmet Public health A personal protective device of hardened plastic worn on the head to ↓ severity of injuries in the event of an accident. See Pro cap helmet. in an F/A-18F during flight.
Deliveries of the aft-cockpit helmets are scheduled to begin in October
2007.
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