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BAE Systems Unveils Helmet-Mounted Display Technology

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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

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NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--BAE Systems recently unveiled its Q-Sight family of helmet displays and tracking products that can bring improved situational awareness to Army pilots, according to officials. "It's a revolutionary means of moving light using holographic wavelength," John Nix, vice president of business development for BAE's defense avionics, said at the Army Aviation Association of America annual conference. "It's a plug-and-play modular approach providing the aviator a heads-up see-through mission critical display" of such things as sensor data and navigation,…

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