Thursday 26 February 2015

Peer into the $770,000 fighter pilot smart helmet, with X-ray vision and Iron Man head-up display

Peer into the $770,000 fighter pilot smart helmet, with X-ray vision and Iron Man head-up display


It's arguably the most expensive and technically complex piece of headgear ever produced and before any Royal Australian Air Force pilot steps into the cockpit of the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) jet, they will need to be fitted with a custom-made $770,000 flight helmet. With the Australian government committed to purchasing 72 of the controversial fighters at a cost of $12.4 billion, the bill for these smart helmets alone could exceed $55 million.

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