Eclipse Performance Gear has turned some heads (no pun intended) with its helmet innovation.
First up is the Helmet Attachment Platform -- a fully modular item that allows easy attachment of all gear such as NVGs, lights, cameras and IR beacons to any standard issue helmet. Its two picattiny rails and separate retention of integrated goggles are a plus. High-altitude jumpers will be happy with the oxygen mask receptacle, which means you don't have to bring the bump helmet.
The attachment platform is in final evaluation and will come in at $120.
As good as that is, we found a piece of gear inside the helmet even more intriguing.
Micheal Haynes, manager of business development for BAE Systems' Security and Survivability department, showed GearScout a mini computer sensor that inserts into the crown of a helmet and measures overblast pressure (shown below). With a quick connect via USB, a corpsmen or doc will know the severity of the blast and can better diagnose traumatic brain injury.
