Cobham sensors will help identify root cause of military aviation physiological events
Le Bourget, Paris - Cobham has delivered the first Inhalation
Gas Sensor to the US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine in
support of the Aircrew Mounted Physiologic Sensing System (AMPSS
2.6) program. The inhalation sensor block is the first
instalment of a two part breathing sensor solution that will also
include an exhalation sensor block. Together they will work to
capture cockpit environmental, oxygen system performance, and pilot
physiological data to help discern root cause of debilitating
physiological events that continue to plague aircrew safety and
mission readiness.
"To keep physiological episodes from happening we need to
understand their root cause and then through predictive algorithms,
pre-empt the onset of hypoxia-like symptoms," said Stuart
Buckley, Vice President, Business Development and Sales at Cobham
Mission Systems. "To unravel the mystery of root cause,
we will start by creating a comprehensive mosaic of information
that will simultaneously zero in on how the oxygen source equipment
is performing, what the cockpit environmental conditions are around
the pilot, and monitor the pilot's physiological data captured in
exhaled breath. This data will then be analyzed for correlations to
physiological episodes and hypoxia-like symptoms that may have
occurred during flight to ultimately help determine root
cause."
The delivery of this inhalation sensor block marks the first
step towards creating this mosaic by capturing temperature and
pressure data inside the cabin, and the flow rate and concentration
of oxygen being supplied to the pilot with each inhalation breath.
Our next step is to deliver the exhalation sensor block, which will
capture data that measures pilot oxygen consumption and expired
carbon dioxide.
The inhalation sensor block is located on the end of the pilot
mask breathing hose and is attached to a chest mounted breathing
regulator or integrated terminal block. The exhalation
sensor will be positioned at the end of second hose attached to
the mask exhalation port and can sit inside a vest pocket so as not
to impede the pilot's field of regard.
Cobham, with its world leading, highly successful suite of
On-Board Oxygen Generating Systems (OBOGS), pilot and aircraft
mounted oxygen regulators, and parachutist oxygen systems,
ultimately aims to be the leading provider of hypoxia management
solutions.
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Stuart Buckley
Cobham Mission Systems
Vice President, Business Development and Sales
Stuart.buckley@cobham.com
+1 (716) 667 6492