Indian Defence Forces to soon get Israeli Helmet Mounted Display System
By New Delhi Times Bureau on March 7, 2019
Indian defence forces will soon be getting hold of the state-of-art Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS)/ Helmet Pointing System (HPS) Version 02 for their pilots flying rotary wing platforms (helicopters).
Navratna Defence Public Sector Unit (PSU) Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and Israel’s Elbit Systems Limited, during the February 20-24 Aero India 2019 in Bengaluru, entered into a Technical Collaboration Agreement (TCA) to manufacture the helmets for the helicopter pilots of the Indian Navy and other armed forces.
The HMDS will have the latest features of Night Flying with Night Vision Goggles, Colour Day & Night Display, 3D symbology, Head Tracking, Sensors & Weapon Cuing.
The HMDS/HPS enables to display helicopter’s flight and platform information, mission data, target information as well as additional enhanced application capabilities such as Low Visibility Landing and Take-Off, flight within Degraded Visibility Environment, optional Weapons Management and Synthetic Vision during day and night flying.
The ‘Heads Up – Eyes Out’ concept minimises the need for ‘Heads Down’ in-cockpit instrumentation observation for critical information as altitude, velocity, engine performance, warning indications and enable the crew to concentrate on mission performance, hence increasing situational awareness and survivability in all naval missions.
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