We've come a long way from the classic leather aviator helmets and goggles pilots famously wore in WWI. Pilots who climb into the cockpit of the F-35 stealth fighter to fly the costliest military ...

Fighter pilots use a variety of tools to avoid missiles. These include evasion maneuvers, radar jammers, flares and shrapnel ...

Fighter pilots have access to helmets with amazing abilities. However, they still have to strap on heavy night vision goggles to fly in the dark -- an all too literal pain in the neck. Much to ...

Airmen assigned to the 23rd Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment shop inspect HGU-55/P helmets after attaching a Hybrid Optical-based Inertial Tracker and night vision goggle ...

After climbing to 1,000 feet, the pilot’s night vision goggles detached from his helmet. As he attempted to stow them, the goggle case rolled off his lap. Reaching for it caused the helicopter ...

Elbit Systems Ltd., the Israeli drone maker, is gearing up to sell its first consumer product in nearly a quarter-century -- augmented reality smart glasses for bicycle riders, equipped with ...

Raptor pilots are now testing a new type of flight helmet. The U.S. Air Force is finally testing a new helmet design for fixed wing pilots, developed around pilots’ needs and feedback from using ...

American pilots are not the only ones who deal with this issue. According to a 2012 study, 72% of surveyed Royal Norwegian Air Force pilots experienced neck pain in relation to flying, while 35% ...

SOCOM wants a helmet mount that will work across various aviator helmets with "various night vision goggle systems," including the AN/AVS-6 and Wide Field of View Aviation Goggles.

How the pilot’s long-lost aviator helmet came to spend the better part of a century in a closet somewhere in Minnesota. By Laurie Gwen Shapiro The response from the experts was always the same ...