The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II pilot helmet provides crews with a plethora of information, enabling them to monitor their surroundings. The helmet features a Helmet Mounted Display (HMD).

The helmet also allows the pilot to look directly through the aircraft, with the F-35’s Distributed Aperture System (DAS) and suite of six infrared cameras mounted strategically around the aircraft.

Chances are high for the government to pick the F-35 fighter jet as the mainstay of the Air Force later this year, but it is ...