RAAF gets 'look and shoot' tech
The RAAF has taken delivery of new high-tech helmet systems which will enable F/A-18 Hornet pilots to pick targets simply by looking at them.
US defence company Boeing delivered the first of the Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS) as part of an ongoing Hornet upgrade program.
Under the program, all 71 RAAF F/A-18 fighter-jets will be upgraded with JHMCS by 2008.
The technology is already used in US aircraft and is being fitted to Hornets operated by other nations.
"The praise US air force and navy pilots have for this system, which significantly increases combat capability, is attracting the interest of international customers," Boeing JHMCS program manager Phil King said in a statement.
