Fighter pilots are testing a new, cooler, lightweight helmet that could allow for better visibility when engaging enemy jets. The helmet also fits female pilots more readily. The new design is ...

Aviators from the Air Force and Navy often start their ... Roughly one year from now, fighter pilots will begin flying with helmets outfitted with visors that can augment reality and place digital ...

bomber and fighter aircraft pilots, with the exception of F-35 who will continue to fly with their current helmet. The Air Force’s Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet sits ready for another ...

When aviators wear Red 6 helmets as they soar at hundreds ... The cost to train Air Force fighter pilots ranges from nearly $6 million for an F-16 aviator to over $10 million for F-22 and F ...

The Air Force is nearing production of ... If all goes smoothly, LIFT plans to begin churning out the helmets in 2024. F-15E Strike Eagle fighter pilots are slated to get them first in the service ...

Well, they do, and the Air Force is finally planning to do something about it. The helmet American fighter pilots now use traces its roots back to the 1980s, and aside from the fact it takes its ...

In setting requirements for the new helmet, Air Force officials focused on weight, pilot comfort ... pale in comparison to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter helmet that features a sensor suite ...

The U.S. Air Force needs to address its dwindling number of fighter pilots if it wants to remain combat ready, according to a ...

Like something yanked straight out of a sci-fi movie, Air Force fighter pilots are going to start using augmented reality headsets for combat training. "Better, faster, cheaper," Daniel Robinson ...