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Boeing will Produce JHCMS to Australia and Some Other Countries

04 Maret 2012

Boeing JHMCS (photo : militaryphotos)

Boeing scores another Air Force production contract for Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio. U.S. Air Force aviation experts needed helmet-mounted targeting systems for the U.S. Navy, as well as for air forces in Pakistan, Belgium, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, and Finland. They found their solution from the Boeing Co. Defense, Space & Security segment in St. Louis.

The Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, awarded Boeing a $31.7 million full-rate production contract Thursday for the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) for Navy and international users. The Air Force manages the Boeing JHMCS program.

Boeing began initial production of the JHMCS in 2000 and has been at full-rate production for the aircraft pilot system since 2005. The company has won several full-rate production contracts for the JHMCS, which is deployed on more than 2,500 F-15, F-16 and F/A-18 combat jets worldwide, Boeing officials say.

The JHMCS helps jet fighter pilots fire the AIM-9X Sidewinder heat-seeking air-to-air missile as part of the High-Off-BoreSight (HOBS) system that enables pilots to aim onboard weapons at enemy aircraft by pointing their heads at the targets.

In an air-to-ground role, pilots use the JHMCS with targeting sensors and smart weapons to attack surface targets. In all roles, images and symbology are projected onto the JHMCS visor to provide the pilot with aircraft status information, targeting data, weapons status, and threat warning information no matter where the pilot is looking.

The idea is to enhance pilot situation awareness throughout the mission. In a dual-seat aircraft, each crew member can wear a JHMCS helmet, perform operations independently of each other, and have continuous awareness of where the other crew member is looking, Boeing officials say.

The JHMCS has a magnetic helmet-mounted tracker determines where the pilot's head is pointed, and combines that capability with a miniature display system on the helmet's visor. The head tracker and visor display can aim sensors and weapons wherever the pilot is looking.

The JHMCS can the pilot airspeed, altitude, target range, and other information while the pilot looks outside of the cockpit. To attack a ground target, the pilot can acquire the target with a sensor and note it's location on the helmet display, or use the helmet display to cue sensors and weapons to a visually detected ground target.

Since targets may be located at high-off-boresight line-of-sight locations in relation to the shooter, the system delivers a short-range intercept envelope that is larger than other air-to-air weapons. The helmet also can be datalinked to hand visually detected targets from one aircraft to another.

(Military Aerospace)

AHMD for RAAF Aircrew Training

20 September 2010

L3 Advanced Helmet Mounted Display (photo : L3)

L-3 Link Simulation & Training Announces First International Sale of Advanced Helmet Mounted Display

ARLINGTON, Texas, – L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) announced today that the first international sale of its Advanced Helmet Mounted Display has been made to Raytheon Australia in support of the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) Hornet Aircrew Training System (HACTS).

The award calls for L-3 Link to provide Advanced Helmet Mounted Displays (AHMD) to support pilot training on the RAAF’s three F/A-18 Tactical Readiness Trainers (TRT). L-3 Link’s AHMD will replace current fixed field-of-view flat panel displays, enabling pilots to view out-the-window imagery and systems symbology over a 360-degree field-of-regard. The AHMDs will be delivered to two RAAF installations during the third quarter of 2011.

"The Royal Australian Air Force’s low-cost F/A-18 Tactical Readiness Trainers will receive a significant increase in training capability when the Advanced Helmet Mounted Displays are fielded," said Bob Birmingham, president of L-3 Link. "This increased training fidelity will completely immerse aircrews within a realistic virtual environment, while maintaining the F/A-18 Tactical Readiness Trainers’ small footprint."

In addition to providing a 360-degree field-of-regard, the L-3 Link AHMD projects an instantaneous field-of-view that spans 100 degrees horizontally by 50 degrees vertically. Due to the AHMD’s greater than 50 percent see-through capability, RAAF F/A-18 pilots will be able to clearly view the TRT’s simulated controls and avionics. The TRTs, whether networked to the RAAF’s high-fidelity F/A-18 Tactical Operational Flight Trainers or used to provide individual training, provide a low-cost multiplier that increases training throughput and maximizes flight training effectiveness.

(L3 Communication)

Australia Orders TopOwl Sight for Tiger Halo

22 Agustus 2009

TopOwl Helmet-Mounted Sight Display (photo : DSTO)

Thales Improves Eye of The Tiger

Thales has successfully secured an order from prime contractor Australian Aerospace to upgrade the TopOwl Helmet-Mounted Sight Display (HMSD) Display Modules fitted to the Australian Army's fleet of Tiger Armed Reconnaissance Helicopters.

A key component in the Army's ARH, the TopOwl HMSD links the pilot directly to the helicopter's armaments, night vision and navigation systems. The upgraded modules will significantly enhance the ARH's night vision capability.

Chris Jenkins, Thales Australia's Managing Director, said: "Thales is proud to be contributing its leading TopOwl HMSD and avionics technology to the ARH program for Australian Army Aviation".

"This contract continues Thales Australia's longstanding partnership and close working relationship with Australian Aerospace."

Thales is one of the largest suppliers to the ARH and MRH-90 program. The company provides Australian Aerospace with technical, logistics and supply support services for a range of Thales equipment installed on the Tiger helicopters, specifically avionics, communications, electrical components and the rocket subsystem.

Thales Australia acts as a local single point of contact for all global Thales OEMs, including the company's avionics, communications, electrical systems and military customer services businesses.

Thales is a global technology leader for the Aerospace, Space, Defence, Security and Transportation markets. In 2008, the company generated revenues of 12.7 billion euros (equivalent of AUD22.1 billion) with 68,000 employees in 50 countries.

Thales Australia is a trusted partner of the Australian Defence Force and is also present in commercial sectors ranging from air traffic management to security systems and services. Employing around 3,500 people in over 35 sites across the country, Thales Australia recorded revenues of more than AUD1 billion in 2008.

(Defense Aerospace)

First Production HMDS Orders for F-35 Pilots

25 Juni 2009

Elbit Systems/Rockwell Collins Helmet Mounted Display System (photo : Defense Industry Daily)

The Elbit Systems/Rockwell Collins joint venture Vision Systems International, LLC recently announced $54.1 million in contracts. These awards will begin production of their Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS), which will equip all American and exported F-35 fighters. The contracts will cover low rate initial production (LRIP) Lots 1, 2 and 3, and run through 2012. They include Lockheed Martin’s purchase of 52 F-35 Gen II Helmet Mounted Displays, and 30 aircraft shipsets. VSI also received contracts for production tooling and initial funding for the Pilot Fit Facility Standup at Eglin Air Force Base, FL.

HMDS is a significant advance over its predecessors – which are themselves a significant advance over a technology that changed fighter pilots’ worlds in the 1960s and 1970s…

When they entered widespread military use in the 1970s, Heads-Up Displays (HUD) that superimposed range and targeting information on a clear pane of glass at the head of the cockpit were revolutionary. Pilots no longer had to look down at their instruments in order to see critical information. Which meant that they didn’t have to take their eyes off of the ultra-fast action outside their plane. This was exceptionally useful to strike aircraft designed to fly and fire at altitudes below 100 feet. It soon proved equally useful to fighter pilots engaging enemy aircraft.
Unlike the last 2 generations of fighters, however, F-35s won’t be built a HUD. Instead, they’ll take the next step, moving those functions and more to a display that’s part of the pilot’s helmet.

HMDS during testing in Britain (photo : Defense Industry Daily)

Like the HUD, HMDS allows the pilot to be “eyes out” at all times. Unlike a traditional HUD, but like all helmet-mounted displays (HMD) such as VSI’s popular JHMCS, it also works no matter where that pilot looks. This is especially useful when targeting modern missiles, whose wide seeker cones and “lock-on after launch” guidance give them tremendous flexibility.

HMDS is a next-generation HMD that shortens latency, while adding functions like sensor imagery/ synthetic vision, threat alerts – and even full 360 degree awareness, thanks to linked sensors like DAS that are embedded around the F-35.

On the flip side, increasing helmet weight in a vehicle that can pull 9gs has its drawbacks. Systems like HMDS are spawning revised pilot ejection safety research, introducing new neck exercises for pilots, and of course sparking preliminary testing of HMDS itself for comfort, fit, and stability.

(Defense Industry Daily)

Boeing Delivers First Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System to Australia

30 Agustus 2006

JHMC System used by RAAF (photo : FlightGlobal)

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has delivered the first Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) to the Royal Australian Air Force, increasing the number of international customers using the system to 10.

The JHMCS also completed first flights with the Swiss and Finnish air forces' Boeing-built F/A-18 Hornets. First flights in Canadian F/A-18s are scheduled for September.

"The praise U.S. Air Force and Navy pilots have for this system, which significantly increases combat capability, is attracting the interest of international customers," said Phil King, Boeing JHMCS program manager. "The proven success of JHMCS in the field has resulted in a steady increase in customer demand."

The first fleet aircraft delivery of JHMCS to the Royal Australian Air Force occurred May 23 in Williamtown, New South Wales, Australia. Boeing Australia and the Hornet Industry Coalition, a collaborative arrangement between Boeing, BAE Systems and L-3 Communications of Canada, will equip 71 Australian F/A-18s with JHMCS by 2008.

First flights took place in Swiss F/A-18Cs on May 30 and Finnish F/A-18C/Ds on June 2 and 7. Switzerland and Finland operate 35 and 63 systems, respectively.

Pilots first used the JHMCS operationally in Operation Iraqi Freedom. The system gives flight crew members the ability to rapidly acquire and designate a target simply by looking at it. By placing an aiming cross, projected on the helmet visor, over the desired target and pressing a button, pilots can quickly and easily aim weapons and sensors to designate and attack airborne or ground targets. JHMCS also displays aircraft altitude, airspeed, gravitational pull, angle of attack and tactical information on the visor to increase crew members' situational awareness.

Since 2000, Boeing has contracted for more than 2,000 systems. The company is the prime contractor and integrator for JHMCS. Vision Systems International, based in San Jose, Calif., is the major subcontractor.

(Boeing)