Collins Elbit Vision Systems to build night vision helmet-mounted displays for jet fighter-bomber pilots
The JHMCS projects symbology and imagery onto the jet fighter-bomber pilot's helmet-mounted visor to track targets, cue weapons and sensors at night.
John Keller
Aug 19th, 2020
PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md. – Combat avionics experts at Collins Elbit Vision Systems (CEVS) in Fort Worth, Texas, will provide the U.S. and allied militaries with head-up helmet-mounted displays for high-performance jet fighter-bomber aircraft under terms of a $12.9 million contract announced Friday.
Officials of the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., are asking CEVS to provide 60 JHMCS night vision devices, 60 JHMCS night display adapters, and 30 JHMCS helmet mounted display test sets (HMDTS) for the U.S. Navy.
In addition the contract calls for CEVS to provide 16 JHMCS HMDTS for Canada; five JHMCS HMDTS for Kuwait; and two JHMCS HMDTS for Malaysia, as well as two Hoffman adapter kits for Australia and one Hoffman adapter kit for Switzerland.
https://www.militaryaerospace.com/sensors/article/14181880/night-vision-helmetmounted-displays-jet-fighterbomber
