The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management wants to determine industry capacity to supply mounts for the GENTEX Corp. [GNTX] HGU-55/P helmet to support night and nuclear missions. Using additive manufacturing, AFLCMC and the University of Daytona Research Institute developed a Lead Lanthanum Zirconate Titanate (PLZT) nuclear flash blindness protection system mount for the HGU-55/P. Center Product Support Engineering Division. In the mid-to late 1970s, Sandia National Laboratories designed PLZT anti-flash goggles to protect aircrew in B-52s and other planes from…
