Saab To Provide Targo Helmet-Mounted Display For Swedish, Brazilian Gripen Fighters
Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) for an advanced helmet mounted display (HMD) system, ‘Targo. The new system will be used for the Swedish Air Forces Gripen E fighter aircraft
BAE Systems Declares New Striker II Pilot Helmet Ready For Eurofighter Typhoon...
BAE Systems has successfully completed further trials of its most advanced fighter pilot helmet, Striker II Helmet-Mounted Display (HMD) at the Companys UK site. This was the second phase of trials to integrate the HMD systems technology with the Eurofighter Typhoon combat jet
Thales To Supply Scorpion Helmet Display For Spanish EF-18 Fighter Jets
The Spanish Ministry of Defence will equip the Boeing EF-18 Growler aircraft with 80 Thales Scorpion Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (HMCS). These HMCS will be installed in the aircraft during the course of 2016 and 2017, once the operational qualification phase and air-to-air (A2A) and air-to-ground (A2G) tests have been completed
Rockwell Collins To Repair US Air Force F-15, F-16 Helmet Mounted Cueing...
Rockwell Collins-ESA Vision Systems has been awarded a $20 million contract for repair of the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) for the US Air Force F-15 and F-16 fighter jets. Contractor will consolidate Air Force F-15, F-16, and foreign military sales repair support for JHMCS into one individual five-year contract...
China Debuts High-Tech Soldiers’ Helmet
China's new-generation helmet debuted in the China-Malaysia joint military exercise currently underway. According to photos of the Peace and Friendship 2015 joint military exercise, although China's new-type helmet is only equipped with a pair of goggles, a cuttlebone is installed in front of the helmet and the night-vision goggle installation is...
BAE Systems Tech to Do Away With Earphones For Soldiers
BAE Systems has developed a prototype communication device to improve soldier safety by using bodys natural ability to transmit sound through bone conduction and do away with earphones. “The prototype system will harness the body's natural ability to transmit sound through bone conduction, transferring messages directly from the soldiers helmet to the inner ear
Rockwell Collins Delivers Gen III F-35 Mounted Display System
Rockwell Collins has delivered the first Gen III F-35 Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS) to Lockheed Martin Today. Rockwell Collins, through its joint venture, Rockwell Collins ESA Vision Systems LLC, is providing the F-35 HMDS to help pilots situational awareness by allowing them to look through the airframe, the company said in a statement
Poorly Equipped Chinese Soldiers Wear Underwear With Strings: Claims Newspaper Article
Chinese soldiers are so poorly equipped that they wear underwear with strings rather than elastic bands and their full equipment may not exceeds the price of two iPhones, according to the Guangzhou based Southern Weekly. The article published on December 4 says that Chinese soldiers wear World War II type steel helmets while American soldiers helmets are made of lightweight kevlar meant to absorb small arms fire
Software Defined Radios For Russian Armed Forces
The Russian Armed Forces will be equipped with software defined radio communication systems, Maj. Gen
Saab Presents Next Gen Carl Gustaf M4 At AUSA 2014
Saab will present the newly-developed next generation Carl Gustaf M4 at the 2014 Association of the U.S
Elbit To Supply Apache Aviator Integrated Helmets To US Army
Elbit Systems was awarded a $12.7 million contract to provide Apache Aviator Integrated Helmets (AAIH) to the United States Army, the company said in a statement Sunday
TAR-Ideal To Showcase TL5 Personal Marker For Protection From Friendly Fire At...
TAR-Ideal Concepts will introduce the TL5 Pro, a personal marker with adjustable visibility range for the protection of soldiers from friendly fire, at the upcoming AUSA 2014, the company said in a press release. The marker, which is already in use by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), is invisible to the naked eye in infrared mode
DARPA's RACER Program Tests Fleet Autonomous Movement
German Army Awards Rheinmetall €400M to Develop Intercom with Hearing Protection
Beijing Sees Red as Philippines Plans to Sink De-commissioned Chinese Origin Ship...
AeroVironment Unveils Artificial Intelligence Capability, Autonomy Kit for Drones
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...
Grounding of U.S. Military’s V-22 Osprey Fleet Enters Third Month
The grounding of around 400-strong fleet of Osprey V-22 Tilt-rotor aircraft is in its third month with no update on...