Helmet-mounted displays to improve pilot situation awareness: Patrizia Knabl

Somewhat academic at this point. SPIE academic, mais no! The Elbit HMDS for Rotary Winged Aircraft for example, the one they recently sold to Korea already can do this, maybe this green lights the system for widespread proliferation Stateside. I think an eMagin WUXGA could handle all this conformal symbology in a walk. Don't you?


"A sample of 62 helicopter pilots provided ratings and suggestions for improvement. The biographical data obtained in the survey revealed that 59% of pilots had experienced severe spatial disorientation at least once and 75% reported having encountered at least one brownout during flight. Given the rather high occurrence of spatial disorientation, and the fact that a NATO study revealed that brownout is responsible for about 75% of helicopter mishaps,¹ the results clearly endorse the importance of augmented visual support."

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