Joint Strike Fighter Pilot Helmet (prototype)

Check out this prototype of the F-35 Joint strike fighter pilots:

blog.wired.com...

""This Helmet Mounted Display System provides the pilot with cues for flying, navigating and fighting the aircraft. It will even superimpose infra-red imagery onto the visor which allows the pilot to ‘look through’ the cockpit floor at night and see the world below," according to the UK Ministry of Defence."

Could they make it look any more like an Alien if they tried?

I think not.

Here is the page of the company which makes some of the systems of the helmet:

www.vsi-hmcs.com...

"
VSI is now under contract to develop the Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS) for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. Some of the features that will be provided by this next generation helmet system include:

* Binocular Wide Field-of-View
* Integrated day/night capability with sensor fusion
* Highly accurate head tracking hardware and software
* Digital image source for helmet vision displayed symbology "

And looks pretty cool too.

Very nice, how much? The Australian government is buying into the JSF and I think it's a pretty damn stupid idea. The F-18 is FINE!
But I suppose there is some cool stuff on the JSF. Like the aforementioned helmets.