Reports noted that Elbit Systems/Rockwell Collins joint venture Vision Systems International, LLC has bagged a contract worth $54.1 million to produce Helmet Mounted Display System (HMDS) to all American and exported F-35 fighters. HMDS is an advance version of Head-Up Display (HUD) which allows the pilots flexibility of conducting their operation without looking down at the instruments in order to see critical information1.

• 1. “First Production HMDS Orders for F-35 Pilots,” June 25, 2009 at http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/First-Production-HMDS-Orders-for-F-3...