One F-35 Devoted Entirely To Testing Troublesome Helmet

Credit: Lockheed Martin
F-35 program officials have set aside a single aircraft for testing only of the Vision Systems International helmet that has plagued the program for more than a year owing to jitter, latency and other operational problems discovered in testing. The aircraft will be flown on these special helmet...

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