US Air Force Picks LIFT Airborne Technologies’ Helmet for Fixed Wing Aircraft - Aviation Today

US Air Force Picks LIFT Airborne Technologies’ Helmet for Fixed Wing Aircraft - Aviation Today: The U.S. Air Force has picked California-based LIFT Airborne Technologies‘ AV 2.2 helmet to serve as the Next Generation Fixed Wing helmet. LIFT Technologies’ offering was competing in the prototype phase against two designs by Michigan-based aircraft helmet heavyweight, GENTEX Corp., and Idaho-based Aviation Specialties Unlimited, which teamed with Tennessee-based Paraclete Aviation Life Support. The AV 2.2, after …