Microclimate Cooling Garment (MCG)

Saturday March 8th, 2025 admin

Mission: Provide UH-60 and CH-47 crewmembers personal cooling to prevent heat injury while performing crew duties onboard UH-60 and CH-47 aircraft. Description: The Microclimate Cooling System (MCS) reduces heat stress to Army helicopter crew members, especially while they are wearing chemical and biological protective equipment in hot weather. The MCS […]

Survival, Inc. Ace Advantage Composite Body Armor, Early Version, Black

Friday November 8th, 2024 admin

(description copied from official product sheet, 2004 version.) Ace Advantage™/Defense Force™ Composite Body Armor Vest was developed for aircrew members and other elite special operations teams who have unique missions and cockpit integration requirements that demand extraordinary consideration. These armor systems have been specifically engineered for extended wear, fully integrating […]

Navy PRU-70/P22P-18 (V) Aircrewman’s Armored Survival Vest

Tuesday January 10th, 2023 admin

Navy helicopter and non-fighter aircraft personnel are in the process of receiving new armored survival vests. The vests, developed at the Naval Air Systems Command, replace bulky, two-sizes fits all configurations that did not win raves by crews. Users said that they did not like the weight, heat and other […]

Experimental Aircrew Survival Armor Recovery Vest, Insert, and Packets SARVIP (1989)

Friday August 20th, 2021 admin

Label Content U.S. Army Natick Experimental Sample Autovon, 256-4569 Size: Large OT-II Check Test September, 1989 The Army’s Aircrew Survival Armor Recovery Vest, Insert, and Packets (SARVIP) is a three part system: survival vest, armor insert with carrier, and survival, signal and communication components. SARVIP also accommodates the AN/PRC-90 or […]