Thales has been awarded a contract by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to supply its Scorpion Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) for Polish FA-50 fighters. Under the terms of this contract, Thales will be responsible for adapting, integrating, and qualifying the Scorpion...
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Thales has been awarded a contract by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to supply its Scorpion Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) for Polish FA-50 fighters.
Under the terms of this contract, Thales will be responsible for adapting, integrating, and qualifying the Scorpion HMD onto KAI’s FA-50 ‘Fighting Eagle’, as well as installing production systems, to support the Republic of Korea’s FA-50 contract with Poland.
“We are excited to add the FA-50 to the long list of highly capable combat aircraft embracing our Scorpion HMD. For KAI we also supply rotary wing versions for their Light Armed and Marine Attack helicopters,” said Jim Geraghty, Vice President, Visionix a division of Thales Defence & Security Inc.
He continued, “Scorpion’s simplified approach to platform integration, superior situational awareness, high reliability, and enhanced pilot comfort makes this system unmatched in the HMD marketspace.”
Thales expects this contract is just the start as the FA-50 is made available to customers worldwide.
The Scorpion is a perfect match HMD for the FA-50, which features a digital cockpit, digital flight control system (DFCS) and an impressive array of precision-guided weapons; it offers a modern, digital platform that equips pilots with enhanced situational awareness. The FA-50 is also well-equipped for all-weather combat operations day and night.
The highly accurate Scorpion HMD features full-colour symbology, zero-perceived latency, and a single display module for both day and night operations – all at reduced life-cycle costs.
Motion-tracking accuracy, using Scorpion’s precision Hybrid Optically-based Inertial Tracker (HObIT), is also significantly improved over competing systems.
The Scorpion HMD is also well-suited to being easily adapted onto KAI’s T-50 advanced jet trainer (AJT) and TA-50 lead-in fighter trainer (LIFT), as HMDs are becoming integral to most current and future combat aircraft.
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