Land Forces 2016: Rockwell Collins unmasks vision system
Rockwell Collins selected Land Forces 2016 as the venue to unveil to the international market its helmet-mounted Integrated Digital Vision System (IDVS).
The company described the developmental technology as 'the first hands-free, helmet-mounted display system that fuses incoming data from various sources, such as a command centre, other war-fighters or unmanned aerial systems, with multispectral vision'.
The IDVS builds upon technology from head-up displays, including the F-35 helmet. Australian engineers have contributed to its development and a portion of its future manufacture will occur at Rockwell Collins’ Sydney facility.
The head-worn display uses third-party camera sensors to fuse images
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