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Development of Augmented Reality (AR) training tools for combat casualty care with realistic animations and voice navigation capability on tablets and AR headset is proposed to enhance the tools that have already been developed during the Phase II effort on fasciotomy, cricothyroidotomy, and lateral canthotomy. Such enhancements are made possible by the recent advancement in both hardware and soft ...

Olfactory dysfunction (OD) is a significant threat factor in the modern military due to frequent exposure to harmful inhalational environments in various military settings. During the pandemic, it has been observed that COVID-19 causes the sudden onset of OD and a significant increase in long-term OD. Although various olfactory tests have been used to diagnose OD, there is currently no reliable cl ...

Imperia Batteries, a division of Physical Sciences Inc., proposes to develop and prototype a modular, safe, high energy density Jetboot battery system by combining next generation electrode and separator technologies. The modular design will allow for a single or dual module battery pack providing a lightweight and high capacity battery solution, respectively. Imperia’s battery improves safety b ...

Critical need for a non-toxic, regenerative carbon dioxide (CO2) scrubber material with enhanced scrubbing capacities and safety for rebreather applications. The current state-of-the-art (SOA) scrubber material for rebreather is soda lime. Soda lime is highly toxic, has low CO2 capacity, and is non-regenerative requiring an entire logistics chain. Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) is developing a novel ...

Sterilization of medical and surgical tools is a critical step in minimizing the risk of infection to combat casualties during far-forward medical interventions. However, there are significant challenges to providing sterile equipment in austere environments where power is limited and ability to transport equipment and deliver supplies is constrained. The complexity of modern surgical tools, such ...

The DoD as a whole seeks the capability to optimally and rapidly return to duty the high rates of Warfighters with destabilizing lower limb injuries and conditions, the most prevalent injury being acute lateral ankle sprains and chronic ankle instability. Over 70% of the general population experience acute ankle sprains in their life, and the rate of ankle sprains in military personnel is nearly f ...

The Department of Defense is solicitating an alternative to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) that is minimally invasive and can be implemented in austere conditions to treat acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Service members that are deployed and suffer from significant damage may need respiratory and circulatory supplementation until they can be transported to a facility with a ...

The modern information environment (IE) is growing more complex and dynamic. Information technology advances enable adversaries to access and influence audiences globally with increasingly sophisticated tools and at an unprecedented scale. To understand the threat landscape and to respond effectively, there is a need to automatically detect, track, and differentiate the evolution of information na ...

Hands/Off Tactical Mobile Intelligent Communications (HOT MIC) is an edge/deployed AI solution for voice command and control (VC2) of sUAS and other potential unmanned systems. Today’s SOCOM operator needs to easily enlist new capabilities to the fight such as small Unmanned Air Systems (sUAS) while reducing task saturation and keeping focus down range. An intuitive, robust, hands/free voice use ...

Triton Systems will design a sensor system capable of measuring, analyzing, and visualizing high-rate deformation of complex surfaces in 3 dimensions. This device will meet the needs of the DoD to accurately characterize surface response kinematics at the interface between the torso and a body armor system.