Heads-Up For Military Flight Training

⊲ Task & Purpose ⊳ The US Air Force has awarded LIFT Airborne Technologies a 10-year contract worth up to $83.4 million for as many as 16,000 AV2.2 helmets, replacing the HGU-55/P worn since the 1980s. F-35 pilots are excluded. The lighter, modular design lets heads-up displays and night-vision goggles be mounted without tools and better balanced, easing neck strain that affects 51% of fighter pilots. That adaptability might allow XR systems to be added in future, and the change may also affect flight simulators. Deliveries are expected from late summer 2027.
◂ A helmet designed to accept new displays without tools shortens the path from AR research to routine use in Air Force flying training. ▸
⊲ Featured Image – USAF photo by Samuel King Jr. ⊳
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