Helmet Mounted Display System Archives

Check Out This Chinese Helicopter Gunship Helmet That Looks Like a Movie Prop.

November 1, 2019 Tom Demerly

New Helmet Mounted Sight for Z-10 “Fierce Thunderbolt” Has Star Wars Vibe. China’s impressive new CAIC (Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation) Z-10 gunship helicopter has attracted little western media attention since its first flight in 2003 […]

F-35 pilot talking about the 400K USD flight helmet: “It’s cool but I don’t really use it that often”

July 13, 2015 David Cenciotti

“but I’m an old school pilot…” Few months ago we published the interesting interview Maj. John Wilson, an F-35 pilot with 61th Fighter Squadron, gave to Christian Sundsdal of the Danish website focusing on military […]

Regardless of all the sensors, here is why F-35 pilots need to visually check their 6 o’clock

March 11, 2013 David Cenciotti

In a recent post, we have explained that a recently leaked Pentagon report highlighted the poor “out-of-cockpit visibility in the F-35A”, a shortcoming that would limit the pilots ability to see aerial threats surrounding the […]