On Wed, 05 May 2004 21:21:43 +1000, John Cook
wrote:

Hi

I just heard the F/A-22 is getting 10.8 hours before software
problems, this is almost double the requirement for IOE&T, the major
blue screen problem hasn't happened in over 1000 hours of flight.

Anyone have a proper link to this story, or any other background.

For "other background", I spent several hours this last weekend in
one-on-one conversation with an old fighter pilot friend who is now
part of the Lockheed team. He's on F-35, but interfaces with the
Raptor side of the house.

His descriptions of the technology of the -22 was sufficient to water
this old fighter driver's eyes. Totally transparent integration of
multi-source data; prioritization of threat and target info to
minimize pilot overload; and probably the most impressive thing I've
ever heard of (unclassified) a system of helmet mounted sight and
fuselage mounted optical sensors that offers the pilot an view of the
space around him unobstructed by his own airframe! Seamless transfer
from sensor to sensor so that as you turn, the next available camera
offers the view. Look to your wing and see right through it at what is
below. Cool stuff!


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8