Overcoming visibility limitation – BrightNite helmet system

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Rescue services around the world show an interest in the Elbit systems – BrightNite system that is designed to allow utility helicopters to perform night mission without goggles on the pilots helmets.

According to the company low-flying aircrafts are especially vulnerable to threats such as difficult terrain, enemy fire and utility wires intersecting the flight path.

Sorties, he said must often be carried out in a Degraded Visual Environment (DVE), adding to the already heavy workload and leaving flight crews to rely on Night Vision Goggles (NVG) to accomplish the mission.

Elbit has designed a Radom  that contains 8 cooled Flir sensors and packaged them in a turret carried under the helicopter’s nose.

The sensors give the pilot a 220 x90 deg.  field of view on his standard helmet.

The Brightnite greatly improves mission effectiveness and flight safety. The system transmits high-resolution video to the Helmet-Mounted Display (HMD), allowing the pilot to fly in a head-up, eyes-out position in all visibility conditions

Brightnite utilizes pre-loaded terrain and obstacle information, combined with intuitive symbology, to display 3D information simultaneously on multiple HMDs.