British MOD shows off F35 JSF pilot helmet prototype...

[[Matt]]

Looks like something a game designer would create for a forthcoming sci fi shooter! The image is from bbc news day in pictures but i cant find a releated story. Does anyone have a news link?

 

[Polaris]

That's cool, just like F-35.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Whoa.

The eyes, man. The eyes.

 

[Bob_Marley]

Now they just need to work out how to pay for them and make them so they don't melt the deck of the aicraft carriers...

 

[theotherguy]

the future is so awesome.

 

[[Matt]]

Instead the computerised symbology will be displayed directly on to the pilot's visors, providing the pilot with cues for flying, navigating and fighting the aircraft.
"It even will superimpose infra-red imagery on to the visor to allow the pilot to look through the cockpit floor at night and see the world below - like something out of Terminator.

holy shiznats batman!

http://www.defensetech.org/archives/003846.html

 

[Atomic_Piggy]

I wanna thought controlled computer, aeroplane and car.

 

[Raziaar]

Only helmet you'll ever need.

 

[Krynn72]

That looks like it would be annoying as hell to wear, what with the green lights being shined in your eyes and all.

 

[<RJMC>]

now give me mah walking battle robots!

 

[MJ12]

what are the weird things sticking out at the sides for?

 

[Beerdude26]

what are the weird things sticking out at the sides for?

Mind Control. Duh.

 

[PvtRyan]

This would've been much cooler:

 

[Irksome]

Megatron?

 

[Pi Mu Rho]

what are the weird things sticking out at the sides for?

Projectors for the HUD optics.

 

[nurizeko]

Looks stupid, but hey, who cares if it widens the military technology gap that much further amirite?.

 

[evil^milk]

I don't really like the Hud projectors, but when I think of the missing gap there'd be if they weren't there, it'd seem more weird.

But infrared vision = pwn.

 

[[Matt]]

Heres the plane that its going to be used in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv0Ws6BLmO0