According to an exquisite picture exposed from China Air Force, helmet display has been adopted for J-10C fighter, which is comparable to the most advanced JHMCS joint helmet aiming system in the West!
J-10C medium-sized fighter jet is now regarded as one of the most advanced fighters of the Chinese Air Force, third only to J-20 and J-16 larger fighters.
This helmet display, in conjunction with PL-10 high-mobility air-to-air missiles specially developed for J-20, J-10C and J-16 fighters, is a perfect match against the world’s strongest combination of high-mobility fighters and fighting missiles. Correspondingly, the US military is equipped with a combination of JHMCS helmet display and AIM-9X Block II ” Sidewinder” air-to-air missiles, which is also being delivered to Taiwan Air Force in the near future along with F-16V fighters.
It was reported that advanced helmet display systems like JHMCS joint helmet aiming system of US military pilots, need to be specially tailored to pilots’ head shape, so its design, manufacture, delivery, and matching takes a longer time and costs more. But its combat ability is obviously very high.
This specially developed helmet of China Air Force would further improve the combat performance of J-10C fighter because it greatly improves the pilot’s ability to interact with the onboard complex avionics system, while also giving full play to J-10 ‘s high maneuvering combat. The missile’s maximum off-axis launch capability can even achieve targets that deviate more than 90 degrees from its own flight direction, such as targets that fly in its rear flanks.