It's known that pilots that fly the AC-130W Stinger II gunship wear the Scorpion Helmet Mounted Display, but we haven't seen much imagery showing it in use. Now, thanks to photos released from exercise Gulf Sentry, ... we have a great shot of a pilot of the gunship not just wearing Scorpion, but the improved variant of the helmet-mounted display, known as HObIT, or Hybrid Optical-based Inertial Tracker.
HObIT more accurately tracks pilot head movements compared to the original version of the Scorpion. The HObIT system is an upgrade for the Thales Visionix Scorpion helmet and it features a new monocle with updated symbology.
The helmet also employs a new Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) optical head tracker that works in tandem with a group of small circular stickers that are placed on the interior of the cockpit to seamlessly track the pilot’s head movements even if the helmet moves out of the optical tracking zone....MORE
