The U.S. Navy is working on an improved survival vest that’s designed to provide more ballistic protection for aviators while making it more comfortable to wear. The redesigned Aircrew ...

The Naval Aircrew Systems Program Office aircrew survival vest team is collecting data from ongoing fleet assessments to evaluate a new rotary wing and tilt rotor aircrew survival vest system that ...

The current aircrew survival vest which has been in service since 2013. The new version will give ... More better ballistic protection. The requirements are laid out in a new Navy document seeking ...

"The PRU-70 is an entirely new concept in this product line that merges both the aircrew survival vest and the latest in body armor," said Dick ORourke, the Fleet Support Team Lead for Aircrew ...

ARMORED SURVIVAL: U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has developed a new aircrew armored survival vest (ASV) for helicopter and nonfighter aircraft crew. NAVAIR’s Human System Division ...

and survival vests. Attendees received training on system updates, emerging technologies, and engaged directly with PMA-202’s product and fleet support teams to ensure the safety of aircrew and ...

Lighter than its bulky predecessor, the Navy's redesigned Aircrew Endurance (AE) Survival Vest recently attained initial operational capability (IOC), a key milestone in the development of the ...

These lifesaving vests keep aircrew members afloat until ... if they do it must not fail. The Aircrew Survival Equipmentman was originally called a Parachute Rigger until the rating was formally ...

Starting from the inside out, pilots and aircrew wear cotton undergarments ... pilots use a combined torso harness and survival vest designated the PCU-78. Amid this conglomeration of buckles ...

Switlik Survival Products' new UA-80 Evolution Vest takes what is claimed to be ... which was inspired by one designed for the US Army Aircrew Combat Equipment (ACE) program.

As part of the SARVIP (Survival Armor Recovery Vest, Insert, and Packets) program to develop a new vest for Army aircrew, a new ceramic armor plate was developed to be held within the vest.