“...enables a pilot to fire the missile first and then aim it at a target.
“The pilot can shoot and then pass more information to the missile” via the data link to vector the missile to a target, Stoneman said during a briefing May 16 at the 2016 Sea-Air-Space Exposition. The missile’s 360-degree capability enables it to engage targets — even those behind the aircraft, he said.
On some planes, such as the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, pilots will be able to aim the missiles using sights built into their helmets.”
Incredible!
"Incredible!"
It's good that we will have this capability soon, but Russian aircraft have had it since 1984...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-73_(missile)