leader in high performance, aircrew helmet protective systems, the Gentex HGU-55/P Light Weight Helmet provides improved peripheral vision for advanced fighter/attack aircraft personnel, enhanced center of gravity and maximum stability.
The HGU-55/P features a leather edge roll covering the soft foam core, specially integrated chin/nape strap, bump stops atop the helmet, and an innovative matte clear coat and a rigid composite shell that reduces the helmet weight by approximately four ounces from the standard fiberglass HGU-55/P -- a tremendous advantage in today's high-G environment. Approved by the U.S. Air Force, the unit meets or exceeds all performance requirements of MIL-H-87174, Helmet Flyers, HGU-55/P.
The Gentex HGU-55/P helmet comes standard with specially contoured polycarbonate visors that interface with the low-profile MBU-20/P Oxygen Mask, or the helmet can be obtained with the High Speed Visor Kit。 Another option is the anti-snag bayonet receivers, which are designed to help reduce the risk of parachute line entanglement with the oxygen mask bayonet and receiver during aircraft ejection.
Equipped with an H-154A/AIC, which provides communications of high intelligibility and superior hearing protection, the HGU-55/P headset provides crewmember communication functions when attached via a CX-4708/AIC communication cord to a MBU-20/P Oxygen Mask's modified M-169A/AIC microphone. And, the new Gentex X Liner completed the helmet, providing a 48% more stable helmet than any similar product on the market.
A COMBAT EDGE field-modification bladder kit options are offered by Gentex to integrate the HGU-55/P with the manworn
COMBAT EDGE pressure breathing for G system (PBG), which is used to reduce the probability of G-induced loss of consciousness (GLOC) during high performance flight. It utilizes a urethane-coated nylon bladder installed between the
Thermoplastic Liner (TPL ) or
X Liner and the energy-absorbing liner in the rear of the helmet. A PBG feed tube connects the bladder to the unit's quick-disconnect mounted on the exterior shell of the helmet and interfaces with the PBG supply hose and connector from the
MBU-20/P Oxygen Mask。 The bladder inflates to provide automatic mask tensioning at high G.
Available in Medium, Large and X-Large.
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