U.S. Air Force and Navy combat aircraft pilots operating high-performance aircraft at night needed helmet-mounted military night-vision cueing and display systems. They found their solution at Vision Systems International LLC in San Jose, Calif. Officials of the U.S. Air Force Air Armament Center (ASC) activity at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, awarded Vision Systems a $19.8 million contract for night-vision cueing and display standard field night-vision devices. Vision Systems, Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Elbit Systems of America in Fort Worth, Texas, design advanced helmet mounted display systems to give pilots look-and-shoot capability.
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