schedule and many, many billions of dollars overbudget. i don t want like that. reporter: lockheed martin got the message and squeezed $5 billion out of the program. these doors open and those provide help to provide stability reporter: lieutenant colonel chad vaughn is command officer of the squadron at air base yuma. he calls the aircraft an engineering marvel. the combination of the sensors and the airplane and the way that the man/machine interface works is what truly sets it apart. reporter: the technology is woven into the customized helmets at an estimated cost of nearly $400,000 each. the view in the helmet, you look down on your helmet, you see through the bottom of the airplane. reporter: so it s automatic, wherever you point your head, you get the view exactly. it s going to automatically bring in that other camera from where you re looking. reporter: and pilots say the lightning ii deserves its
in this airplane and the way the sensors are fused together and the way that the man/machine interface works is what truly sets it apart. much of the jet is classified. we can t show you inside the cockpit or the intake valves. we can t show you what the pilot sees inside his $400,000 helmet and can t tell you if it will be deployed in any hot spot any time soon. the squadron says it s ready to go. shannon: thanks. bill: in a moment the fallout from the largest non-nuclear bomb ever used. it sent a message to isis certainly. did it send a message to north korea as well on a critical weekend of tension? head of the cia teeing off on wikileaks. why it s more all compass and leader has no morals. sgliem owe confident that had assange been around in the 30s,