Blarney Posted October 9, 2020 Posted October 9, 2020 Did the AV8B N/A use HMCS? You know where I'm going with this. 486DX w/turbo button
Fri13 Posted October 9, 2020 Posted October 9, 2020 AFAIK not yet, they should receive it in 2021-2022. I don't now have history on this device on what US congress budget hearing document I read it, but it was just coming. i7-8700k, 32GB 2666Mhz DDR4, 2x 2080S SLI 8GB, Oculus Rift S. i7-8700k, 16GB 2666Mhz DDR4, 1080Ti 11GB, 27" 4K, 65" HDR 4K.
Fangsout Posted October 9, 2020 Posted October 9, 2020 No, Harrier does not and will not get a HMCS. There are no night attacks left outside of 203, only Radar birds in the fleet, and with 3 squadrons left and 1 more out the door in 2 years there isn't any reason to be bringing additional functionality. Most programs of record can't get new stuff past 5 years to sundown.
Jojothebox Posted January 3, 2023 Posted January 3, 2023 On 10/9/2020 at 7:35 PM, Fangsout said: No, Harrier does not and will not get a HMCS. There are no night attacks left outside of 203, only Radar birds in the fleet, and with 3 squadrons left and 1 more out the door in 2 years there isn't any reason to be bringing additional functionality. Most programs of record can't get new stuff past 5 years to sundown. ik its been a hot minute since this was posted but the USMC are arming all remaining AV-8B's with hmcs systems and are keeping them in service until 2029 (sourse:https://govtribe.com/opportunity/federal-contract-opportunity/info-for-rfi-for-a-helmet-mounted-cueing-system-hmcs-to-be-mounted-on-an-hgu-68p-navymarine-corps-helmet-and-integrated-into-av-8b-harrier-ii-radar-aircraft-hmcs224219003)
Spurts Posted January 3, 2023 Posted January 3, 2023 That's still being mounted onto the II+ radar birds, not NA birds.
Coole28 Posted January 5, 2023 Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/3/2023 at 11:56 AM, Jojothebox said: ik its been a hot minute since this was posted but the USMC are arming all remaining AV-8B's with hmcs systems and are keeping them in service until 2029 (sourse:https://govtribe.com/opportunity/federal-contract-opportunity/info-for-rfi-for-a-helmet-mounted-cueing-system-hmcs-to-be-mounted-on-an-hgu-68p-navymarine-corps-helmet-and-integrated-into-av-8b-harrier-ii-radar-aircraft-hmcs224219003) That’s just an RFI, until we see a PO the HMCS is just a tentative plan, not set in stone and confirmed to be happening. If HMCS integration ends up being too expensive or too difficult it will almost certainly be scrapped. F-22 was in the same boat, it was “planned” to have JHMCS but integration proved problematic so the project never went anywhere.
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