Military Aircraft: Helmet new targeting tool for Eurofighter top guns - by Stuart McDill

It might have made Maverick and Iceman a little faster on the draw if they'd had the new 'look and fire' helmet developed for Eurofighter Typhoon pilots.

In conventional jet fighters such as those which appeared in the 1986 Tom Cruise film 'Top Gun', the pilot has to point the aircraft in the direction of the enemy plane before firing.

But a new helmet designed for Eurofighter Typhoon pilots by British defence contractor BAE Systems allows fighter pilots to 'see' targets all around the aircraft -- a vital advantage in split-second decision-making.

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