In the past two decades, hypoxia or lack of oxygen has resulted in the death of 15 US Navy fighter pilots and is regarded as the biggest safety concern of the US fixed-wing air fleets. With over 110 incidents reported in 2015 by the Navy and Marines, the US Air Force has awarded a contract to Wimborne, Dorset, UK-based company Cobham to develop the Aircrew Mounted Physiologic Sensing System (AMPSS 2.6) to collect in-flight data on hypoxia incidents and help avoid them.
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