Bose, a provider of premium aviation headset technology, has announced its latest innovation: the new A30 aviation headset. The A30 is an entirely new product, designed to bring pilots the best combination of comfort, noise cancellation and audio clarity of any aviation headset on the market.

Bose engineers designed the A30 as a completely new platform supported by a modern architecture, inspired by decades of research and pilot input. The A30 features a 20 per cent reduction in clamping force, improved clarity and a new digital active noise reduction system that enables three modes of user selectable noise cancellation for use in different flight environments, a first for around-ear aviation headsets.

“When we asked pilots what improvement was most important to them, their overwhelming response was comfort,” says Matt Ruwe, a pilot and senior product manager for Bose. “We took that seriously and developed a new balance in the A30 with noticeably more comfort while maintaining and enhancing headset performance. The changes amplify the experience for our core A20 users while appealing to a broader range of pilots.”

The A30 is the latest addition to the Bose Aviation headset lineup, which also includes the ProFlight Series 2.

The Bose A30 aviation headset retails for $1,249 in the US. It can be ordered online or through the worldwide Bose dealer network.