David Clark Headset

David Clark Headset manufactures noise attenuating active/ passive headsets with boom microphones used in military aviation, commercial aviation, and professional communication in high-noise environments. David Clark Headsets are sage green colored headsets, most associated with flight pilots.

David Clark headsets company headquarters is based out of Worcester, Mass. David Clark Headsets started business in the 1930's by David M. Clark the founder. The avionic anr headset manufacturer began operating as a fabric business the shifted into the personal safety field.

David Clark headset company designs and assembles aaerospace and protective industry related equipment, not limited to: pressure space suit systems, anti-G suits, noise attenuating communication headset systems and a few hospital & safety components. David Clark headsets has participated in the design and manufacturing of aircraft staff safety equipment since the 1940's, beginning with the design and development of the first standard anti-G suits and valves used by allied fighter pilots during WWII. The experience gained over the ensuing years includes intimate association with airframe manufacturers, test forces and operational air-space crew and support personnel which provides the knowledge necessary to have a comprehensive understanding of technical requirements for the design, development, manufacturing, and support of aerospace crew protective equipment systems.

David Clark headset company is uniquely qualified in the design and manufacture of pressure/space suits having pioneered this highly specialized field developing partial pressure suits for NASA’s X-1 rocket powered research aircraft in the 1940’s, and full pressure suits for the D558-2 and X-15 research aircraft in the 1950’s. David Clark headsets X-15 suit design became the basis for all of its subsequent full pressure suits, including the space suits worn by astronauts for the first U.S. extravehicular activities (EVA) conducted during NASA’s Gemini program.

Since 1946, David Clark’s continuous pressure suit research and development efforts, sponsored largely by the Department of Defense to support its USAF high altitude aircraft (U-2 and SR-71) programs, resulted in the late 1980’s development of a new generation pressure suit aimed at improved pilot comfort, reduced stress and fatigue, and improved maintainability. The resultant S1034 Pilot’s Protective Assembly (PPA) proved to be lighter weight, cooler, more comfortable, less burdensome and easier to maintain than all prior models. The S1034 PPA has since become the USAF and DoD standard pressure suit and served as the basis for NASA’s S1035 Advanced Crew Escape Suit (ACES) which was adopted for the Shuttle program, replacing DCC’s (partial pressure) S1032 Launch Entry Suit (LES). Both the S1034 PPA and S1035 ACES continue to be used operationally by USAF and NASA respectively.

Throughout the 1990’s, David Clark headset company conducted Engineering Design and Development activities for the USAF Advanced Technology Anti-G Suit (ATAGS) program. This included pattern grading, small scale production, development of production documentation, as well as design and analysis of advanced ATAGS/Combat Edge vest designs for F-22 applications and/or equipment incorporating advanced materials for reduced inflation times, minimized thermal burden, and improved comfort.