F-35 Test Pilots To Fly Improved Head-mounted Display
More than 15,000 flight test hours have been logged with the Rockwell Collins helmet-mounted display system for the Lockheed Martin F-35.
Elbit Systems of America’s Generation 3 helmet-mounted display system (HMDS) will go into service in a few weeks.
Elbit Systems of America’s Generation 3 helmet-mounted display system (HMDS) will go into service in a few weeks.

F-35 test pilots with the U.S. Air Force’s 461st Flight Test Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, California, will begin using a third-generation helmet-mounted display system (HMDS) in the next few weeks. The updated HMDS incorporates fixes to the current generation system, which pilots found inadequate and the Pentagon labeled as a technical risk to the F-35 program.