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JAXA officially partners with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Aeromedical Laboratory
On November 29, 2016, the JAXA Aviation Technology Directorate signed an official partnership agreement with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Aeromedical Laboratory, which conducts aviation-related medical research, psychological research, and practical-application testing within the Air Self-Defense Force organization. Under the new agreement, JAXA and the Aeromedical Laboratory will collaborate in an effort to establish more sophisticated technologies for ensuring aircraft and pilot safety. The joint-research initiative will include technologies for measuring pilot brain activity, providing pilots with in-flight support, measuring pilot workload levels, evaluating human error, and more.
Aeromedical Laboratory Commander BEKKU Shinya (L)
and Aviation Technology Directorate Director General ITOH Fumikazu (R)
at the signing ceremony
More information:
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force Aeromedical Laboratory website (In Japanese only)
December 6, 2016