Farnborough 2016: Elbit sees Targo HMD as future F-35 training solution

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An artist's impression of the Targo HMD being utilised aboard an F-16 fighter. With the F-35 having the Rockwell Collins and Elbit systems Gen 3 HMD in place of a head-up display, Elbit sees the Targo as providing an ideal training solution for the fifth-generation fighter. Source: Elbit Systems
Elbit System sees its Targo helmet-mounted display (HMD) system as being a baseline standard training device for future pilots of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), a company official told IHS Jane's on 13 July.

An artist's impression of the Targo HMD being utilised aboard an F-16 fighter. With the F-35 having the Rockwell Collins and Elbit systems Gen 3 HMD in place of a head-up display, Elbit sees the Targo as providing an ideal training solution for the fifth-generation fighter. (Elbit Systems)

Speaking at the Farnborough International Airshow 2016, Ran Kril, executive vice-president of International Marketing and Business Development, said with the Targo HMD already in use by the Israeli Air Force (IAF) on its Alenia M-346 Lavi trainer jets ahead of the introduction into national service of the F-35A Adir later this year, it is more than likely to be rolled out to the international JSF fleet at some point in the future also.

"The F-35 is the first combat aircraft without a head-up display and with a helmet [-mounted display system] only, and so the pilot must train with a helmet. In the IAF, the Targo is already mandatory with the M-346, and as most F-35 countries fly with [other] Elbit helmets in their F-16s already we see the Targo as the future baseline standard [for training]."

First showcased at the Paris Airshow in 2009, the Targo HMD uses a standard helmet, onto which is fitted a software module that removes the need for integration with the host aircraft. The HMD employs a visor-projected display for day operations, complemented by a separate clip-on night module (featuring night-vision goggles with display injection) and a simulation module that allows pilots to plan, rehearse, fly, and debrief missions using their personal helmets.

The system offers a training solution for aircraft such as the M-346 without operational radars, live air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles, or electronic warfare (EW) systems, with colour or monochrome symbology projected onto the inside of the helmet's visor, giving the system a 20° field-of-vision (FOV). If the target or threat is outside of the FOV, a target locator line (TLL) directs the pilot where and how far to look to bring it within the helmet's FOV.

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