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JHMCS: Fighter Pilots’ “Look & Shoot” Helmets Changing Aerial Warfare

JHMCS: Fighter Pilots’ “Look & Shoot” Helmets Changing Aerial Warfare

(click to view larger) In the 1970s, fighter aircraft began to appear with Head-Up Displays (HUD) that projected key information, targeting crosshairs etc. onto a seemingly clear piece of glass. HUDs allowed pilots to keep their eyes in the sky, instead of looking...

$68.8M Multi-national Order for JHMCS Fighter Pilot Helmets

$68.8M Multi-national Order for JHMCS Fighter Pilot Helmets

Boeing in St Louis, MO received a $68.8 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for Full Rate Production Lot 4 (FRP 4) Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS). At this time, total funds have been obligated. Work will be complete...

$97M Multi-national Order for JHMCS Fighter Pilot Helmets

$97M Multi-national Order for JHMCS Fighter Pilot Helmets

DID has covered the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS) before, from its revolutionary effect on air combat when used with 4th generation SRAAMs like the AIM-9X Sidewinder, AA-11 Archer et. al., to the program's rocky but ultimately successful history. JHMCS...

Eurofighter’s Future: Tranche 3, and Beyond

Eurofighter’s Future: Tranche 3, and Beyond

Italian Eurofighters (click to view full) The multi-national Eurofighter Typhoon has been described as the aerodynamic apotheosis of lessons learned from the twin engine "teen series" fighters that began with the F-14 and F-15, continued with the emergence of the...

Super Hornet Fighter Family MYP-III: Contracts

Super Hornet Fighter Family MYP-III: Contracts

Breakthrough... (click to view full) The US Navy flies the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighters, and has begun operating the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare & strike aircraft. Many of these buys have been managed out of common multi-year procurement (MYP) contracts,...

Super Hornet Fighter Family MYP-III: Contracts

Super Hornet Fighter Family MYP-III: Contracts

Breakthrough... (click to view full) The US Navy flies the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighters, and has begun operating the EA-18G Growler electronic warfare & strike aircraft. Many of these buys have been managed out of common multi-year procurement (MYP) contracts,...

Eurofighter’s Future: Tranche 3, and Beyond

Eurofighter’s Future: Tranche 3, and Beyond

Italian Eurofighters (click to view full) The multi-national Eurofighter Typhoon has been described as the aerodynamic apotheosis of lessons learned from the twin engine "teen series" fighters that began with the F-14 and F-15, continued with the emergence of the...

Raytheon’s Lot-12 AIM-9X Missile Orders

Raytheon’s Lot-12 AIM-9X Missile Orders

AIM-9X test launch, F-18C (click for close-up) Raytheon's AIM-9X Block II would have made Top Gun a very short movie. It's the USA's most advanced short range air-air missile, capable of using its datalink, thrust vectoring maneuverability, and advanced imaging...