Avionics
Rockwell Collins Delivers First 'Gen 3' Helmet Display for F-35
The third-generation helmet-mounted display system incorporates several improvements over the Gen 2 system.
The first F-35 Gen 3 helmet-mounted display system was delivered to Lockheed Martin test pilots at Eglin AFB. (Photo: Rockwell Collins)
The first F-35 Gen 3 helmet-mounted display system was delivered to Lockheed Martin test pilots at Eglin AFB. (Photo: Rockwell Collins)

Rockwell Collins on August 11 marked the delivery of the first “Gen 3” helmet-mounted display system (HMDS) for the F-35 Lightning II during an event at its headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The delivery of the third-generation HMDS indicates that the problems pilots experienced with the current system are resolved. Those problems threatened to complicate the F-35 program and led manufacturer Lockheed Martin over the course of two years to pursue the development of an alternate HMDS from BAE Systems.