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I'd go the other way -- I can see some value in a simple HUD like some civilian aircraft use to improve landings in low-viz conditions.* But I can't see what a helmet-mounted display would be good for. The B-52 isn't carrying high off-boresight weapons aimed by the pilots, and indeed most or all of the weapon targeting is done by crew sitting in the back facing a wall of electronics with no outside view at all. They don't need the "look to kill" capability an HMD gives a single or two-person crew flying head-up in the cockpit. The pilots already have NVGs anyway for night flying.

[QUOTE="TomS, post: 626940, member: 1484"] I'd go the other way -- I can see some value in a simple HUD like some civilian aircraft use to improve landings in low-viz conditions.* But I can't see what a helmet-mounted display would be good for. The B-52 isn't carrying high off-boresight weapons aimed by the pilots, and indeed most or all of the weapon targeting is done by crew sitting in the back facing a wall of electronics with no outside view at all. They don't need the "look to kill" capability an HMD gives a single or two-person crew flying head-up in the cockpit. The pilots already have NVGs anyway for night flying. [/QUOTE]

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