Next-gen G-suits

is the Libelle G-suit going to be standard now for the leading edge EU airforces ?

is the USAF also adopting?

http://www.autofluglibelle.com/

http://www.codeonemagazine.com/events/apr_01/apr01_events19.html

Flug-Revue:
Swiss anti-g suit tested by USAF
Libelle Anit-G-Anzug wird in Edwards AFB erprobt
The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School is testing a new concept in aircrew protection — a liquid-filled, full-body anti-gravity suit. Testing of the Swiss “Libelle” anti-G suit is a collaborative effort by TPS, Air Combat Command’s Humans Systems Integration Division and the Air Expeditionary Force Battlelab at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho. Using hydrostatic (liquid) force to regulate suit pressure, the Libelle, which means “dragonfly,” in Swiss, could prove better than current pneumatic (compressed air) anti-G suits. During high-G acceleration forces, much of a pilot’s blood is pushed towards the body’s lower half. In just seconds, a shift in blood volume away from the brain can cause a blackout. To fight such potentially deadly occurrences, Air Force fighter aircrews use pneumatic anti-G suits and the anti-G straining maneuver, said Capt. Aaron George, project pilot and team leader. “G-induced loss of consciousness, or GLOC, is rare due to such countermeasures, George said. “However, high-G continues to impact aircrew performance and GLOC has not been eliminated.”
That may change in the near future if the Test Pilot School’s latest endeavor proves fruitful, said project engineer Capt. Shon Williams. Working with Libelle’s developer — Andreas Reinhard from Life Support Systems AG — an Air Force team of three test pilots, three test engineers and a physiologist have begun testing the prototype suit here. Life Support Systems and Reinhard have been developing the Libelle concept for several years via centrifuge and flight testing with Swiss and German air forces. The suit is based on a liquid concept that does not require mechanical regulating systems or on-board compressed air.

http://www.flug-revue.rotor.com/FRheft/FRH9908/FR9908d.htm

and there are many more links on the web….