Eurosatory: BAE offers CV90 SA upgrades (video)

18th June 2014 - 07:00 GMT | by Jonathan Tringham in Paris

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BAE Systems has unveiled a version of its Q-Sight helmet-mounted display (HMD) that enables a CV90 operator to aim the vehicle's weapon systems by simply looking at a target.

The company revealed the Q-Sight HMD linked to a Lemur weapon station on the CV90 Armadillo via the vehicle’s electronic architecture for the first time at Eurosatory in Paris.

The unit is gyro-stabilised and fragment-protected, and provides auditory and visual information to signal the direction of an attack, thereby enhancing the situational awareness (SA) of CV90 crewman.

Q-Sight is part of a next-generation SA system the company is developing, which it

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