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Boeing to deliver a new helmet-mounted targeting system for the American pilots

Washington, USA - The JHMCS has been firstly employed during the Iraqi Freedom Operation

Hundreds of new tracking and targeting systems would have been ordered by the US Defense Department and delivered by Boeing. The JHMCS system (Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System) regards a new helmet-mounted targeting system for F-15, F-16 and F/A-18's pilots which will allow them to track their target during fighting quicker than normal HUD (Head-Up Display) are able to do. This system, also ordered...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 59073
Rome, Italy, 02/25/2004 14:37
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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