"Helmet system replaces heads-up display on F-35s"
you bet and it could be also used in glasses or visors for troopers
"Pat Flannery" wrote in message
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Flashnews wrote:
If you are flying with stealth you may want to close off the canopy
if you can, if you are being searched out by lasers then your eyes
could be hurt before the systems and sensors would be hurt, in such a
progression. Think back on the problems with laser designators and
the various intentional and accidental bindings of personnel - this
resulted in laser glasses that were to protect the eyes in certain
known utility frequencies - but now the power is up and the spectrum
expanded. The aluminum canopy could actually be a glass/plastic one
that when a strong laser touches it turns immediately opaque and the
helmet system becomes the primary flight reference instrument set.
This is practical now; B-1B's use electro-optical material in the
windscreen to turn it opaque in a split second if a nuclear flash is
detected (I assume the B-2 has the same feature) to prevent the crew
from being blinded. The same technique could be used for laser attack
protection. More than lasers, microwave weapons might be the major
threat in the future.
Pat
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