According to Militarylean website on December 23, 2021, Israeli company Elbit Systems has launched the X-Sight augmented reality goggles system for vertical takeoff and landing flight platforms (helicopters/tiltrotor aircraft). X-Sight is a color binocular goggles with excellent field of view, which can use sensor data to construct/display an intuitive view of the operating environment of the flight platform. It can integrate active sensor data with tactical flight/mission data, and intuitively add a three-dimensional/synthetic visual symbol (SVS) layer on the basis of visualized sensor images to enhance the display effect of the flight scene. The system can also provide a "transparent cockpit" function, enhance pilot situational awareness, optimize mission capabilities, and improve platform survivability, efficiency, and safety.

X-Sight has implemented the validated combat flight concept of Elbit Systems, providing pilots with enhanced, omnidirectional, and multi-level panoramic views outside the cockpit. This panoramic view is composed of real/synthetic information.

Real data sources include onboard visual sensors (such as night vision sensors, distributed aperture systems/DAS, electro-optical payloads/EOP, X-Sight integrated night vision systems, etc.) data; On board active sensors, such as LiDAR, terrain following avoidance radar/TF/TA, obstacle warning system, etc., are used to create 3D views.

In addition, to further enhance visual effects, X-Sight constructs a comprehensive view through the integration of synthetic visual symbols (SVS), low visibility landing (LVL) symbols, obstacle perception, collision avoidance, flight mission symbols, virtual training, and other technologies. All kinds of information can be comprehensively displayed on the X-Sight goggles system, which can greatly enhance the pilot's situational awareness ability.

Source: Global Aviation Information