Thales is at the heart of defence issues in all fields and environments, designing technologies to provide armed forces with superior capabilities, both in terms of platforms and collaborative combat between them. Within the framework of EPIIC, Thales is coordinating the project and focusing its work on two key technologies: helmet sights and the Crew Monitoring System, which monitors the crew's physiological condition.
The future helmet sight will have to retain the advantages of previous generations - limited weight, brightness, precision, resistance to ejection - while offering a wider field of vision, superior immersion by day and night, and intuitive display of mission and flight information.
The helmet will also be able to house biological sensors measuring blood oxygenation, heart rate and brain activity, in order to analyze the pilot's condition (hypoxia, fatigue, stress, etc.).
The consortium will also evaluate a virtual assistant solution for the mission commander, taking into account their physiological state, a valuable support in case of cognitive overload, fatigue, stress or tunneling.