The 3,000th F-35 Gen III Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS) has been delivered to the Joint Strike Fighter, according to an announcement made today by Collins Elbit Vision Systems (CEVS), a joint venture between Collins and Elbit.
RTX (NYSE: RTX) is the company that Collins Aerospace is a part of.
With its unrivaled situational awareness, the Collins Elbit Vision Systems F-35 Gen III HMDS is the world’s most advanced helmet-mounted display system. It is designed to offer pilots in battle zones with optimal visibility.
Collins Elbit Vision Systems
The helmet-mounted display system (HMDS) of the F-35 Gen III is the most modern in the world. Regarding flight, tactical, and sensor information, its next-generation user interface serves as the primary display system for pilots. It gives them easy access to essential details regardless of the time of day or night.
CEVS has developed and delivered next-generation solutions that have kept pilots safe and battle-ready for nearly 30 years.
Daniel Karl, co-general manager of CEVS at Collins Aerospace
“Those solutions have been in use for nearly three decades.”
The HMDS provides pilots in battle zones with unparalleled situational awareness. Providing them with the essential information they need to make judgment calls.
We are pleased to announce that our team in Wilsonville, Oregon, has been a part of leading the research and manufacturing of this technology for our military personnel, which will assist them in winning the fights of the future.
CEVS has provided more than 20,000 systems to warfighters and logged over one million flying hours on forty fighter aircraft platforms. This marks the 3,000th delivery of CEVS’s products.
The Zero-G HMDS+ for sixth-generation fighter aircraft was introduced by CEVS five months before the unveiling of this significant milestone.
According to Jeff Hobert, co-general manager of CEVS at Elbit America,
Zero-G, the newest generation of our helmet-mounted display system, is the lightest, most capable, and safest helmet-mounted display system ever developed.
It was designed for next-generation fighter aircraft platforms and can also support 4th and 5t- generation aircraft.