Micael Johansson, the CEO of Swedish company Saab, confirmed to Swedish media that Portugal and Canada are studying whether to buy the JAS 39 Gripen E/F fighter jet.

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    2 months ago

    The planes are designed to carry several tons of bombs. For sure there must be some space to store some CPUs and memory.

    If the helmet is such a key feature then it’s worth developing a European version. The good thing about a helmet is that it’s easy to replace, unlike other parts of the plane. So the Gripen can be bought right now, and then suppliers can deliver helmets. Have an open market for them with a public specification of the interfaces and thus a thriving European helmet industry.

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      2 months ago

      I must not be explaining this very well if that’s your takeaway.

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        2 months ago

        Well, I don’t understand how a helmet can be so tightly coupled to a plane. There could be less cameras or less radar systems, but that can’t limit the helmet to show whatever the sensors track.

        Of course it could limit the helmet somehow, but that’s what I want to understand.