Fighter pilots flying the deadly F-35 Lightning II jet have very special secret weapon - a $400,000 helmet that allows them to see through the plane. Six infrared cameras mounted around the ...

After years of delays and more than $60 billion dropped on development, the jet is finally just about ready, and it's bringing some pretty slick tech along with it—including a brand new helmet ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

Fighter jet helmets have to keep the pilot safe and secure - so it's no surprise they go through lots of safety testing. At BAE Systems' Rochester plant, the latest models of digital fighter jet ...

The fighter jet that crashed miles after its pilot ejected ... Beyond those hefty pocketbook issues, the helmet alone for an F-35 cost $400,000 in 2015, more than four times the amount the Air ...

A helmet which allows pilots to "look through" the F-35, the world's most advanced fighter jet, is "absolutely" worth the money, an engineer has said. Created by American company Rockwell Collins ...