When Looks Can Kill

Ben Sullivan writes "From the Los Angeles Times: "Test pilots here are flying with sophisticated helmets, resembling a bug's eye, that allow them to aim their weapons and sensors simply by looking at potential targets on the ground or in the air. The helmets, when coupled with a highly maneuverable new missile that is close to deployment, would enable fighter pilots to look over their shoulders and fire instantly at targets, a feat that until now has been matched only in science fiction movies." Development was done by San Jose-based Vision Systems International, a joint venture of defense electronics maker Rockwell Collins Inc. and Israeli's Elbit. Raytheon makes the sharp-turning AIM-9X missile."

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Re:About time!

[Paradise Pete]

Almost all posts on this story so far have been about how the Soviets and the Apache helicoptor have had systems similar to this before.

That's because on Slashdot there are only two possible responses to a story about new technology:

A: This is nothing new, my cousin's friend knew a guy who did something vaguely similar once before.
B: This can't possibly work because it has no foundation.