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Features EFW Inc. in Fort Worth, Texas. Background of the company in the defense electronics and manufacturing industry; Comment from Raanan Horowitz, general manager and executive vice president, on the products being offered by the company; Details of airborne avionics, land systems and helmet mounted systems being manufactured by EFW.

Reports on the plan of Motion Research, a Seattle, Washington-based company, to sell an inexpensive information display system to be attached to a motorcycle helmet. Purpose of the Sportvue head-mounted display; Design of the head-mounted display based on a patent co-developed by Tom Furness; Establishment of Motion Research by Dominic Dobson, former racecar driver.

Focuses on the futuristic helmet developed by BMW which has a unique mini-head-up display that can alert car drivers to potentially hazardous track conditions ahead. Description of the active matrix liquid crystal display of the helmet; Information on the company's ConnectedDrive project.

The article features the PL-9C AAM jet of the Chinese Navy. A report states that it is more accurate compared to the U.S. AIM-9L/M missile. Likewise, another source claims that it is the third-generation infrared AAM system made by China, and its multi-element infrared seeker has outstanding all-aspect attack capability. Moreover, the reports says that some U.S. Air Force officials notes that if it is used together with helmet-mounted sights, its result will be better than the U.S. missile.