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To: DUMBGRUNT

Understood. JHMCS is a helmet-mounted cueing system. Been around a while. Works great and would cost little to add/improve for the A-10.
The JSF has a system that is integrated with strike role and this system really doesn’t add much to current designation system we have for CAS.

Basically, the A-10 has loiter time and an ability for multiple passes and is built to take a hit (triple redundant flight control system). The JSF, not so much.

Survivability and an ability to shape the battlefield are key to CAS.


57 posted on 07/07/2016 5:07:50 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: Hulka

A dumb question, The guns are fixed to the airframe?

To change the aim point the heading and pitch are changed?

All this by the input of the helmet position?

With the target moving, the helmet must track the target?

Very complex.


60 posted on 07/07/2016 7:18:46 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (Looks like it's pretty hairy.)
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