The United States Navy’s secretive Project Odin’s Eye, which studies traumatic brain injuries among elite fighter pilots, has prompted a congressional investigation into the service’s handling of aviator health risks.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (KY) and Military Affairs Subcommittee Chairman William Timmons (SC) are demanding answers about the project, which was launched without formal approval from Navy Medical and Air Commands. The initiative, originally created for Navy SEALs in 2024, quietly expanded to include TOPGUN pilots experiencing brain trauma from repeated catapult launches, high-G maneuvers, and arrested carrier landings.

Last year, Congress responded with the Blast Overpressure Safety Act, which would have required all military branches to track blast exposure and implement baseline brain scans for recruits. H.R.8025 was introduced to the House on April 16, 2024, by Rep. Ro Khanna (CA); S.4109 was presented to the Senate on April 11, 2024, by Elizabeth Warren (MA). Both bills were referred to their respective Committee of Armed Services, but no further action seems to have been taken.

On Monday, September 15, 2025, the independent news source Navy Times published information regarding that current Congressional investigation that reveals the hidden toll these forces take on naval aviators. The article quotes pilots who describe carrier landings as “controlled crashes” that subject their brains to repeated jolting trauma.