Canada Eyes Integrated Reality To Speed Helicopter Ship-Landing Trials

June 23, 2022
aircraft cockpit
The NRCC wants to use IRIS to take advantage of actual and virtual reality at once.
Credit: NRCC
Looking for a way to cut down on the hours it takes to qualify a helicopter for landing on a Royal Canadian Navy ship, the National Research Council Canada has come up with a novel solution: a Bell 412 helicopter that is flown by a pilot wearing a virtual reality headset. IRIS could eliminate easier...

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