Editing HOTAS (section)

===Aviation===
The HOTAS concept was initially pioneered by the [[Royal Air Force]] during the 1950s. The newly-developed [[supersonic]] [[point-defense]] [[interceptor aircraft]], the [[English Electric Lightning]], was furnished with the [[Ferranti]] [[AIRPASS]] radar and gunsight control system, giving its pilots an earlier implementation of the practice. By 1960, Ferranti were reportedly developing such [[fire control system]]s for foreign aircraft as well.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&feature=related&v=fLMhdUYUQQg&t=2m23s |title=English Electric Lightning -Supersonic Interceptor |via=YouTube |date=24 April 2007 |access-date= 12 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=11 July 1960 |title=Ferranti Developing Radar Fire Control System for Foreign Jets |journal=[[Aviation Week]] |pages=107–108 }}</ref> HOTAS controls have become commonplace amongst the fighter aircraft of various nations. Various aircraft flown by the [[United States Air Force]], including the [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon]] and the [[Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II]], feature such control systems.

Numerous cockpits of modern military aircraft have seen the HOTAS concept combined or enhanced by the use of further control technologies. One such example is the use of [[direct voice input]]; the combination of Voice and HOTAS control schemes has sometimes been referred to as the "V-TAS" concept. A prominent fighter aircraft to be furnished with a V-TAS cockpit is the [[Eurofighter Typhoon]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eurofighter.com/the-aircraft/features#cockpit | title=Features }}</ref><ref name=INST>Owen, Paul S. [http://www.eurofighter-typhoon.co.uk/Eurofighter/cockpit.html "Eurofighter cockpit."] ''Eurofighter-typhoon.co.uk'' 7 December 1997. Retrieved: 28 November 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828065257/http://www.eurofighter-typhoon.co.uk/Eurofighter/cockpit.html |date=28 August 2008 }}</ref>{{dead link|date=July 2023}} Other examples includes the [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II]], the [[Dassault Rafale]] and the [[Saab JAS 39 Gripen]].<ref name=Gibbon>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ntb0T7gfIn8C&q=%E2%80%9CHandbook+of+Multimodal+and+Spoken+Dialogue+Systems+Resources+gibbon |last1=Gibbon |first1=D. |last2=Mertins |first2=I |last3=Moore |first3=R. K. |year=2000 |title=Handbook of Multimodal and Spoken Dialogue Systems Resources, Terminology and Product Evaluation (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, Vol. 565) |location=Massachusetts |publisher=Kluwer Academic Publishers |isbn=978-0-7923-7904-1}}</ref>

Another common enhancement has been the combination of [[helmet mounted display]] (HMD) systems. These commonly allow the pilot to control various systems using his line of sight, extending even to guiding [[missile]]s by simply looking at the target. One such HMD arrangement is the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] "Schlem" system, which has been used on both the [[Mikoyan MiG-29]] and [[Sukhoi Su-27]] fighter aircraft;{{citation needed|date=July 2023}} another is used on the F-35, which dispenses with a traditional [[head-up display]] mounted on the dashboard in favour of displaying such data via the HMD, allowing pilots to see target info regardless of the direction they are facing.<ref>{{cite web |last=Zazulia |first=Nick |url=https://www.aviationtoday.com/2018/08/24/f-35-helmet-worlds-advanced-fighter/ |title=F-35: Under the Helmet of the World's Most Advanced Fighter |work=Avionics International |date=24 August 2018}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/user/F35JSFVideos#play/uploads/7/CwvnhFgzIKI "F-35 Distributed Aperture System EO DAS"]. YouTube. Retrieved 23 November 2009.</ref><ref name="F-35_prog_brief_Sept2006">Davis, Brigadier General Charles R. [http://www.jsf.mil/downloads/documents/AFA_Conf_-_JSF_Program_Brief_-_26_Sept_06.pdf "F-35 Program Brief"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725033118/https://www.jsf.mil/downloads/documents/AFA_Conf_-_JSF_Program_Brief_-_26_Sept_06.pdf |date=2020-07-25 }}. ''USAF'', 26 September 2006.</ref>