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TopOwl
IOC: 2002
Total Production: 1,500
Origin
France
Contractor/s
Thales
Applications
AH-1Z King Cobra
NH90 NFH
NH90 TTH
Rooivalk
Tiger ARH
Tiger HAD
Tiger HAP
Tiger UHT
UH-1Y Super Huey
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Description:
The TopOwl is a binocular helmet-mounted display and sight specially developed for helicopter pilots. It provides pilot with visor projection of flight symbols, images from image intensifier tubes (IIT) and Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) sensors. In addition, TopOwl has excellent ergonomics, optimized center of gravity, a wide field-of-view of 40-degree, and low weight characteristics.
TopOwl has been selected as the main day/night and all weather flight instrument for Tiger, NH90, Rooivalk, AH-1Z and UH-1Y helicopters. More than 1,500 TopOwls have been ordered with more than one hundred already delivered.
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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
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Last Updated: Saturday, November 22, 2008
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