Elbit Systems has announced that Vision Systems International (VSI), its joint venture with Rockwell Collins, and a leader in advanced helmet-mounted display (HMD) technology, has been awarded several contracts with a total value of more than $80 million.

The JHMCS provides the pilot with "first-look, first-shot" high off-boresight weapon engagement capabilities. The system enables the pilot to accurately cue onboard weapons and sensors against enemy aircraft and ground targets without the need to aggressively turn the aircraft or place the target in the head up display (HUD) for designation. Critical information and symbology, such as targeting cues and aircraft performance parameters, are displayed graphically directly on the pilot's visor. The Boeing Company awarded VSI a contract for the delivery of more than 400 additional joint helmet-mounted cuing systems (JHMCS). VSI also received direct contracts from the United States Navy and Air Force for spares and test equipment in support of the JHMCS program.

Under the production contract, VSI will provide JHMCS hardware, including spares, technical support and support equipment. This procurement fulfills U.S. government domestic requirements for the USAF F-15 and F-16, ANG F-15, USN F/A-18E/F single-seat and dual-seat platforms as well as foreign military sales production and spares commitments including: Poland (F-16), Netherlands (F-16), Turkey (F-16), Australia (F/A-18), Switzerland (F/A-18) and Canada (F/A-18). Deliveries will begin next year and continue through 2008.

Formed in 1996, VSI, is a joint venture between EFW Inc., an Elbit Systems of America company and a subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd., and Rockwell Collins to develop, manufacture and support fixed-wing HMDs worldwide.

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