USAF Begins Search For Fighter Helmet Replacement

Credit: HGU-55/P fighter helmet: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
The U.S. Air Force has started searching for ideas to improve the HGU-55/P helmet worn by F-15, F-16 and F-22 fighter pilots. Three companies have each received $600,000 grants from the Afwerx Vegas rapid acquisition cell to develop prototypes for a next-generation fixed-wing helmet, the Air Force...

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