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Helm of the F-35 costs $ 600,000
Fighter F-35 - the most expensive project in the history of the Pentagon. On the developing a new generation of aircraft abbr> took $ 300 billion < / a>. It's time to return on investment.
For example, the Australian government recently заключило contract for the purchase of 72 F-35 fighters total value of 12, 4 billion Australian dollars. According to the Australian media, the pilot's helmet alone cost 55 million-plus, that is up to $ 600 thousand. Per piece, translated into US dollars (if you purchased it 72 helmet).
It is said that these helmets as if taken from the arsenal Tony Stark abbr> - the most technically advanced nagolovnym display ever created engineers.
Stuffed with electronics and sensors to the body of carbon fiber and a night vision device, helmet weighing 2 to 25 kg translates into real-time contextual information about the surrounding area. Turning his head, the pilot can even look "through" the trim of the aircraft. Helmet receives information from six electro-optical sensors Distributed Aperture System (DAS), mounted on trim fighter.
The fit of the helmet to the individual user takes four hours (two-day procedure, broken down for two hours). You need to display an augmented reality (visor) located just 2 millimeters from the center of the pupil. Fighter will not function if the helmet is defective, all systems are tightly integrated and do not work in isolation. No parts. Each pilot issue is strictly a single instance.
The developers promise, however, that after the start of mass production of the helmet and the cost of completing the gadget should be reduced.
Source: geektimes.ru/post/246396/
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