Gregory Polek has spent his entire career in aviation journalism with AIN, starting as a proofreader and assistant to then-managing editor Mary Mahoney in 1995 after serving an internship with&nbsp;New Jersey Monthly&nbsp;magazine and completing his B.A. degree in English/Writing at New Jersey’s William Paterson College. By 1997 Polek accepted a position as an associate editor, covering the regional airline beat for&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;in place of retiring industry veteran Don Anderson. The assignment took Polek across North America and Europe to profile regional airlines varying in size and mission from the likes of floatplane operators Kenmore Air and Chalk’s Ocean Airways to regional jet operators such as SkyWest and American Eagle. Today, in his dual role as Air Transport Editor and International Airshow Editor, Polek writes, edits, and manages AIN’s commercial aviation content while overseeing each of the company’s daily international air show publications in Paris, Farnborough, Singapore, and Dubai. Most recently Polek has assumed oversight of daily coverage of the Helicopter Association International’s annual Heli-Expo convention.

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Thales has been selected to supply its &nbsp;for South Korea’s Light Attack Helicopter (LAH) program. The company will provide 400 sets for LAH service after 2020. Scorpion has also been selected by Airbus Helicopters as part of its HForce military offerings. The system draws on Thales’s experience in providing display systems for many fixed- and rotary-wing applications, including the binocular TopOwl used by the AH-1 Cobra, Rooivalk and Tiger attack helicopters.

 


Using the HObIt (hybrid optical-based inertial tracking) system, Scorpion is fully compatible with night vision goggles. It is the only full-color helmet-mounted display available to use a single display for both day and night modes, with a seamless transition between the two. Video imagery from sensors can be shown, with flight, tactical and navigation symbology overlaid, while the sight can be used for cueing weapons and sensors. Scorpion can be rapidly installed, with no requirement for LRUs (line-replaceable units) in the avionics bay. It adds around 14 ounces (400 grams) of weight to the helmet.

 


LAH is a Korea Aerospace Industries program undertaken in collaboration with Airbus Helicopters, and using the latter’s H155 Dauphin/Panther family of helicopters as a basis. The armed LAH version, set for service-entry in 2022, is being preceded by a Light Commercial Helicopter version. LAH/LCH follow on from the successful Surion program that is delivering Puma-based utility transport helicopters to the Korean army and police.

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