Dave Majumdar, National Interest: F-35 Is Old News: BAE Systems Has a Radical Idea for America's Next Killer Jet Fighter
Next generation fighters of the future might have cockpits and flight control systems that are radically different from the cockpits of today.
Next generation fighters of the future might have cockpits and flight control systems that are radically different from the cockpits of today.
While the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the forthcoming Block III version of the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet have state-of-the-art wide screen displays and feature advanced helmet-mounted displays, a next-generation fighter might dispense with traditional cockpit displays entirely. A future fighter might feature only a virtual cockpit projected directly onto the helmet display of the pilot.
“In terms of future concepts, we are looking at what we are calling a ‘wearable cockpit,’” Jean Page, a lead technologist with BAE Systems’ Human Factors team, said. “Here, you remove many of the physical elements of the cockpit, and replace it with a virtual display, projected through the helmet. Essentially, it’s a software-only cockpit that’s upgradeable, adaptable and reconfigurable.”
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4 comments:
Future knights of the air.
Life & Death choices while doing battle in a virtual suit of armor.
Man is certainly the most wonderous, tool making, using, practiced executioners in the universe.
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Not new. Ie. Firefox
Agreed. The real visionaries are the movie and scifi geeks. Same with Apple and smart phones/tablets. Existed in idea decades before Apple even existed/thought of it. Then they patented key elements thanks to lawyers & patent trolling
And the pilot is at home because it's part of the gig economy.
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