HUMAN CENTRIFUGES

G-induced Loss of Consciousness (G-LOC) is a persistent threat that each pilot must manage during flight in a jet—particularly when engaged in a combat mission. ETC offers a suite of human centrifuges that give pilots the most realistic high-G training experience short of flying an actual aircraft.

HUMAN CENTRIFUGES

ETC offers a suite of human centrifuges that give pilots the most realistic high-G training experience short of flying an actual aircraft.

ATFS-400-31 High-G Human Centrifuge

ATFS-400-31
Human Centrifuge

This latest generation human centrifuge leverages simulation capabilities to recreate any training scenario and offers interchangeable cockpits for customer-designated aircraft.

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ATFS-400-25 High-G Human Centrifuge

ATFS-400-25
Human Centrifuge

This dynamic human centrifuge integrates high fidelity aircraft cockpits with a high-performance motion system that generates variable G onset and offset rates, as well as sustained G forces.

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G-LAB High-G Human Centrifuges

G-LAB
Human Centrifuge

The G-LAB is a basic, cost-effective human centrifuge that replicates the G performance levels and research needs of today’s fifth generation aircraft.

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ETC's ATFS-400 featured in episode three of Netflix's Countdown: Inspiration 4 Mission to Space. At ETC's NASTAR Center and utilizing an ATFS-400 human centrifuge, the crew underwent centrifuge training to prepare for the various dynamic situations encountered during spaceflight.

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Inspiration4 crew completes centrifuge training
By John Kraus | April 11, 2021

At ETC's NASTAR Center, the crew underwent centrifuge training to prepare for the various dynamic situations encountered during spaceflight — including launch, reentry, ocean splashdown, and a potential in-flight abort scenario.

ETC's ATFS-400J human centrifuge for JASDF
Updated Centrifuge
April 2020

In April 2020, the Aeromedical Research Laboratory updated the human centrifuge with the ATFS-400J, manufactured by ETC of the United States. This device recreates, while on the ground, the high centrifugal force generated when an aircraft makes tight maneuvers. By rotating the arm mounted with a human-occupied gondola at high speed, a high centrifugal force (maximum + 9G) is generated in the head-to-foot direction within the gondola. This has enabled the conduct of training in an environment that reproduces the actual flight environment as close as possible, as well as research and flight safety related studies.

Space Training at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Human Centrifuge
Inside Wright-Patt’s role in new NASA space mission
Dayton Business Journal | June 2, 2020

The centrifuge is the Department of Defense’s only human-rated centrifuge, and was designed to be agile and rapidly adaptable for any possible scenario. Nearly two years ago, NASA was its first customer outside the DoD.

ATFS-400-31 AFRL human centrifuge part of NASA’s history-making launch
AFRL centrifuge part of NASA’s history-making launch
June 1, 2020

This centrifuge is the DoD’s only human-rated centrifuge, and it was designed to be agile and rapidly adaptable for any possible customer. Nearly two years ago, NASA was its first customer outside the DoD.

ATFS-400-31 Only DoD human-rated centrifuge gains full operational capability
Only DoD human-rated centrifuge gains full operational capability
Dayton Daily News | August 10, 2018

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Aug. 2 in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to celebrate the full operational capability, or F.O.C., of the only human-rated centrifuge in the Department of Defense.

RMAF Centrifuge
On Top of Their Game

For more than a decade the RAAF Institute of Aviation Medicine (IAM) High-G training program, utilising the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) centrifuge facility in Kuala Lumpur, has delivered improved flying safety and enhanced human performance.

ATFS-400-25 Human Centrifuge for Royal Malaysian Air Force
Malaysia Centrifuge Program recognized by USAF
June 11, 2018

The U.S. Air Force recognized the certification of the Royal Malaysia Air Force's (RMAF) Institute of Aviation Medicine’s Centrifuge Training Program, enhancing interoperability with the RMAF and advancing the comprehensive partnership with a key partner in the Indo-Pacific region.

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