Hollywood can exaggerate to the point of lunacy, and that's especially true of many military films. But when you see an actor remove his mask while pretending to fly a fighter jet, it may not actually ...

In the near future, “Top Gun” may get a reboot. Roughly one year from now, fighter pilots will begin flying with helmets outfitted with visors that can augment reality and place digital replicas of ...

The United States wasn’t the first country to develop a jet-powered fighter aircraft, but it was definitely the first in which a pilot flew wearing a gorilla mask and derby hat while holding a cigar.

Technology has played a dominant role in rewriting the rules of warfare. Today, a military's might is increasingly influenced not so much by its size, but rather by the sophistication and ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BAE Systems has begun night trials on the Striker ® II helmet-mounted display (HMD), the company’s most advanced fighter pilot helmet, to evaluate its digital night vision ...

Visors that allow pilots to simulate dogfights while they're actually flying will give the U.S. military a "transformational" advantage, a former Air Force aviator told Fox News. "When you combine the ...

U.K. Typhoon fighter jet pilots flying NATO missions will be kitted out with BAE Systems' new night-vision, augmented reality helmets, the defense giant announced on Wednesday. The U.K. Ministry of ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded BAE Systems a contract to develop its Striker II Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) for the Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fleet.

Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II is the most expensive military fighter plane ever produced at US$109 million per craft plus $6.6 million in annual operational costs – and the helmet you need to ...