VISTA NF-16D programmable display system flight test

Randall E. Bailey; Thomas F. Landers

doi:10.1117/12.352831

12 July 1999 VISTA NF-16D programmable display system flight test

Randall E. Bailey, Thomas F. Landers

Proceedings Volume 3689, Helmet- and Head-Mounted Displays IV; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.352831
Event: AeroSense '99, 1999, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The United States Air Force Research Laboratory's NF-16D Variable-stability In-flight Simulator Test Aircraft (VISTA) is a unique aircraft that performs a multitude of missions, including research, development, test, and evaluation in the areas of flying qualities, flight control design, pilot- vehicle interface, and weapons and avionics integration as well as test pilot training. To enhance its mission effectiveness, VISTA has been upgraded through the addition of both a programmable Helmet-Mounted Display (HMD) and a programmable Head-Up Display (HUD) in the front cockpit. The programmable HMD system consists of a Marconi Avionics Viper IV Helmet-Mounted Optics Module integrated with a modified Helmet Integrated Systems Limited (HISL) HGU-86/P helmet, the Honeywell Advanced Metal Tolerant tracker, and a Marconi Avionics Programmable Display Generator. This paper describes the developmental flight testing which has recently been completed on VISTA with this programmable HMD system. Lessons- learned in the development, safety-of-flight clearance process, and flight test evaluation of this system are presented.

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Randall E. Bailey and Thomas F. Landers "VISTA NF-16D programmable display system flight test", Proc. SPIE 3689, Helmet- and Head-Mounted Displays IV, (12 July 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.352831

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