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U.S. To Pay Thales Visionix $10 Million To Settle Patent Rights Case Related To F-35 Helmet Tech

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U.S. To Pay Thales Visionix $10 Million To Settle Patent Rights Case Related To F-35 Helmet Tech
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Farnsworth, 419th Operations Support Squadron, demonstrates the Collins Aerospace F-35 Generation III Helmet-Mounted Display at Hill AFB, Utah on July 1. The display provides the pilot critical information, built-in night vision, and allows a 360-degree view of the aircraft’s outside environment, the Air Force said (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. government will pay $10 million to Thales Visionix under an agreement that resolves a patent rights infringement case related to helmet-mounted display systems (HMDS) developed for the F-35 program, according to the law firm representing Thales. Thales Visionix first sued the federal government in 2014 claiming unauthorized use of its patented technology in the F-35 helmets specifically related to the motion tracking capability using inertial sensors, according to a statement from the law firm AddyHart. “AddyHart is very…

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