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Navy_Adversary
3rd Jan 2011, 07:43
From Todays Sun newspaper, so it must be true.:8
THIS new space age helmet enables RAF pilots to shoot down planes - simply by looking at them.
The £250,000 "death helmet" is like something out of Star Wars and one of the biggest advances in attack capabilities ever.
All a pilot has to do to destroy his enemy is give him a death stare.
Targets appear on the inside of the pilot's visor allowing him to pick one and fire.
On target ... helmet lets pilots shoot enemy at a glance
He can even hit a target which is to the side, above or below - as long as it can be seen.
It works using tiny optical sensors on the helmet. These are picked up by other sensors in the cockpit. Leading pilot Mark Bowman said: "It means the end of the dog fight. Traditionally you have to get behind an aircraft to lock on. With this, I steer the weapons with my head."
Developed by Britain's BAE Systems, it is being used in the RAF's Typhoon.
nebpor
3rd Jan 2011, 07:56
"You must think in Russian!" :E
YouTube - Clint Eastwood's Firefox : the dogfight (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVNaajyWqwY)
Traditionally you have to get behind an aircraft to lock on - where has he been these last 40 years or so? I guess he was mis-journo'd?
Lima Juliet
3rd Jan 2011, 08:20
Hardly new News is it?
The Jaguar GR3a had a HMS in the 90s! The British Army Apache has had the same for some time as well -here's a picture of the UK's next astronaut with one on...
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/2417/majortim2.jpg
Must be a "no news" day :(
Goprdon
3rd Jan 2011, 08:43
Never wave to an Apache pilot ........he may turn to look at you.
subs57
3rd Jan 2011, 11:32
If you want an effective "Death Stare" you can put my wife in the back:E
sycamore
3rd Jan 2011, 13:12
Mother-in-laws are even better !!!
Hueymeister
3rd Jan 2011, 15:16
Ex-mother-in-laws are the best.....
Shirley, we're not putting 'Ginners' into space?
NutLoose
3rd Jan 2011, 16:22
Sounds like a plan, better than having one living next door :ok:
He is Army Air Corp, so perhaps it is projecting reminders as to what is left and right in to his eye.:p
helidriver
3rd Jan 2011, 18:42
He's not Army Air Corp! He's Army Air Corps!! Sorry to be pedantic however, you would not like the RAF referred to as Royal Air Farce or FAA as Feet Air Arm. :ok:
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Samuel
3rd Jan 2011, 19:20
Now all that is required is a few jets.....:sad:
Why would we need that when Tranche 4 is an RPV?
Jane-DoH
4th Jan 2011, 06:18
I assume the pilot has to hit the pickle switch to actually launch the missile, right?
GreenKnight121
4th Jan 2011, 06:31
The AH-1 Cobra has had a helmet-mounted sight since... oh, the Vietnam war.
Runaway Gun
4th Jan 2011, 09:37
Yeah yeah yeah, but it wasn't British, so the Cobra sight probably wasn't as heavy as, as expensive as, and as difficult to procure spare parts as this new flash one.
oldgrubber
4th Jan 2011, 11:35
Didn't read the article, I presume this was the beastie
Cheers
Helmet Integrated Systems Limited - F35 Helmet at RAF Boscombe Down (http://www.helmets.co.uk/pages/news-archive/f35-helmet-at-raf-boscombe-down.php)
NutLoose
4th Jan 2011, 20:14
He's not Army Air Corp! He's Army Air Corps!! Sorry to be pedantic however, you would not like the RAF referred to as Royal Air Farce or FAA as Feet Air Arm. http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.pprune.org/get/images/smilies/thumbs.gif
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My sincere apologies helidriver, one hadn't realised Teany Weany Airways folks were so pedantic. :p
oldgrubber - that link is just crying out for the caption competition...................
Is this the one that was nicked from a display cabinet at a Farnborough Airshow mid-90s?
Even old by UK Standards.
gunbus
4th Jan 2011, 23:13
Goprdon
If it's a woman driving:E anything could happen