Joint Strike Fighter pilots get new helmet.An alternate helmet-mounted display for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter A strike fighter is a fighter aircraft which is also capable of attacking surface targets, including ships. It differs from an attack aircraft in that the aircraft remains a capable fighter. that provides electro optics, protection and life support is being designed by BAE Systems BAE Systems British manufacturer of aircraft, missiles, avionics, naval vessels, and other aerospace and defense products. BAE Systems was formed (1999) from the merger of British Aerospace (BAe) with Marconi Electronic Systems. , Rochester, United Kingdom, for Lockheed Martin. Officials said the system is comparable to the Eurofighter Typhoon binocular binocular, small optical instrument consisting of two similar telescopes mounted on a single frame so that separate images enter each of the viewer's eyes. As with a single telescope, distant objects appear magnified, but the binocular has the additional advantage helmet that is said to be nearing fruition. Another helmet for the F-35 already was developed by the Boeing Co. The head tracker, according to BAE, is a high-speed, high-accuracy, low latency optical system. It meshes with F-35 sensors and is compatible with helmet-mounted, high-resolution night-vision cameras. It also possesses a respirator respirator /res·pi·ra·tor/ (res´pi-ra?ter) ventilator (2). cuirass respirator see under ventilator. for protection of nuclear, biological and chemical agents. |
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