Royal Australian Air Force
A Pragmatic Approach to JHMCS Ejection Safety

Andrew Eden

Hornet Upgrade (HUG) Phase 2.2

  • UG Phase 2.2 is integrating the following systems to the Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 A/B aircraft.
  • Colour displays
  • Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System
  • AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispenser
  • TAMMAC-Advance Memory Unit
  • Multi-functional Information Distribution System (MIDS)
  • Software Configuration Set - 19C

The Commonwealth has chosen to implement this upgrade through a combination of Foreign Military Sales cases with the USN and a commercial contract with Boeing IDS - Saint Louis.

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