Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that its subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America LLC was awarded a contract by the US Navy for the supply of components ofthe Color Helmet Mounted Display System of the CV-22 aircraft.

Elbit Systems of America will supply components for the Color Helmet Mounted Display System of the CV-22 aircraft(Picture source: Elbit Systems)

The contract is in an amount that is not material to Elbit Systems and is expected tobe completed by October 2020.

Elbit Systems design and supply advanced helmet mounted systems (HMS), including helmet mounted displays (HMDs) for fixed-wing aircraft and rotary aircraft pilots. These systems and displays include tracking and display systems, both for day and night flying. The systems measure the pilot’s line-of-sight, slave applicable systems to the target, identify target location and bring displays to the pilot’s eye level.

Elbit Systemss portfolio of helmet mounted systems for fixed-wing aircraft includes the HMS for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS), the TARGO family of helmet mounted avionics, the Display and Sight Helmet (DASH) family and the Night Vision Cueing Display (NVCD) system.

Our HMS for helicopters include the Aviator Night Vision Imaging System Head-Up Display (ANVIS/HUD) family, the Integrated Helmet and Display Sight System (IHADSS), Helmet Display Tracker Systems (HDTS), the Panoramic Night Vision Goggle (PNVG), as well as low visibility landing solutions such as the BrightNite system. We are engaged in a range of programs for HMS for fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters. Customers and end users for our HMS include numerous air forces and other governmental defense and homeland security forces worldwide, as well as aircraft and helicopter manufacturers.

A MV-22 delivering a Humvee to USNS Sacagawea (Picture source: USMC.mil)