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Watch: An Interview with Elbit America’s Bob Edmonds at AFA’s vASC 2020

Oct. 5, 2020

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Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Bob Edmonds, now senior vice president of marketing and growth at Elbit America, discusses Elbit’s helmet-mounted display in the F-35, what next-generation HMDs might look like, what Elbit is contributing to the Boeing-Saab T-7A Red Hawk trainer, and more in this sponsored interview with Air Force Magazine News Editor Amy McCullough at the Air Force Association’s virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference.

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