Each pilot’s HMDS helmet is custom-fitted, with millimeter precision, to ensure that the imagery aligns with the pilot’s pupils. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II’s most cutting-edge feature is ...

Key point: But helmets alone cannot make all the difference. PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md. – U.S. Navy avionics experts will acquire three production lots of the third-generation helmet-mounted displays for ...

It may seem like an exorbitant amount of money to spend on a helmet, but for $400,000, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Gen III Helmet Mounted Display system allows pilots to “see” through their own aircraft.