On Mon, 07 May 2007 08:07:54 +0200, Benjamin Gawert
wrote:

* tomcervo:
Helmet system replaces heads-up display on F-35s

Like this one?
http://www.eurofighter.com/et_as_co_hm.asp

Or the HMS the MiG-29 already got in 1986..

Helmet mounted displays are nothing new. The only novelty is that the
JSF uses it as a replacement of a conventional HUD.

Benjamin

We're talking several generations of difference here in terms of what
the HMDS is offering.

It's like saying the ME-262 already had jet engines in 1945, so what's
new about the F-22.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
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