EU-Funded EPIIC Makes Call for Fighter Pilot, Cockpit Innovations

The Enhanced Pilot Interfaces & Interactions for Fighter Cockpit (EPIIC) project is developing algorithms and equipment in a bid to improve air combat.

Kimberly Johnson

Wednesday, January 03, 2024 at 03:34 PM ET

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The open call for innovations for the Enhanced Pilot Interfaces & Interactions for Fighter Cockpit (EPIIC) project is open to a wide variety of applicants, including startups, subject matter experts, and research organizations. [Courtesy: Airbus Defense and Space]

Key Takeaways:

The EU-funded EPIIC project, a €75 million European collaboration, has launched an open call for innovations to enhance fighter pilot-cockpit interactions.
The project specifically seeks advancements in algorithmic techniques for crew monitoring, including assessing pilot conditions like situational awareness and emotional state.
EPIIC is also looking for innovations in noncontact, gesture-based control interactions (both hardware and algorithms) to improve pilots' operational efficiency in the cockpit.

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A European Union-funded project seeking to improve interactions between fighter pilots and their cockpits has made a call for crew monitoring and noncontact, gesture-based interactions innovations.