Washington Post: Meet the most fascinating part of the F-35: The $400,000 helmet

The F-35 Lightning II is one of the most complicated weapons systems ever developed, a sleek and stealthy fighter jet years in the making that is often called a flying computer because of its more than 8 million lines of code. The Joint Strike Fighter comes in three versions, including one that is designed to take off and land on an aircraft carrier and another that lands vertically, as if it were a helicopter.

But to truly understand the most expensive weapons program in the history of the Pentagon, forget the plane for a minute. Consider the helmet.

It’s designed to protect the pilot’s head, of course. But compared to everything the helmet does, protection becomes something of an afterthought.

WNU Editor: Aside from the PR, there are some real problems with this very expensive helmet .... The F-35 relies on a $400,000 helmet that's had its own share of problems (Business Insider).

More News On The F-35's Helmet

Helmet that allows pilots to see THROUGH the plane: Airmen in new $1trillion F-35 fighter will see the ground thanks to $400,000 piece of headgear -- Daily Mail
F-35 pilots to wear $400,000 helmets that can see through the plane -- FOX News
F-35 comes with $400K helmet; pilot can ‘see’ through plane -- Washington Times
Pilots can see through F-35 fighter jet with $400,000 helmets -- New York Daily News