What is this?

[sirrah]

I'm pretty sure I've also seen this in YT videos of other aircraft, but unfortunately I can't find those anomore..

 

What are these for?

 

Source: 

 

 

 

[Mapi]

Raytheon HMIT ?

 

"The original AC magnetic tracking sensor is being replaced by an inertial-optical hybrid tracker called Hybrid Optical based Inertial Tracker (HObIT)" (wiki)

[sirrah]

21 minutes ago, Mapi said:

Raytheon HMIT ?

 

"The original AC magnetic tracking sensor is being replaced by an inertial-optical hybrid tracker called Hybrid Optical based Inertial Tracker (HObIT)" (wiki)

 

Seems you are right, yes.

 

Found this:

Quote

Suite 9 also included provision for an improved helmet-mounted sight, known as HObIT (Hybrid Optical-based Inertial Tracker), which is a development of the Thales Visionix Scorpion helmet that A-10 pilots have been wearing since 2013. The improved helmet more accurately tracks pilot head movements via a new optical head tracker, consisting of a series of dots on the canopy.

on this website (rather awful site layout)

 

[WelshZeCorgi]

Don't know why, but looking at it gives me the heebie jeebies...