Among the new products that Cobham Mission Systems is debuting at Farnborough is one that could help save pilots’ lives in the future. The company has developed breathing sensors as part of a military physiological monitoring system, with the aim of protecting the pilot from the debilitating and difficult-to-detect effects of hypoxia. The sensors are located on the end of the pilot’s mask inhalation tube, and on the mask exhalation port. They assess and record the pilot’s breathing to detect that sufficient oxygen is being delivered.

Cobham (Chalet C15) has also introduced the Surepac pure air compressor, which dynamically manages power to deliver high reliability and efficiency for applications that require high-pressure generation, such as weapons ejection. Surepac offers reduced life-cycle and maintenance costs by employing a SmartECU (electronic control unit) to monitor actual compressor activity, and whether filters require changing or not.