High Efficiency Insulating Barrier for Expeditionary Shelters

Existing expeditionary shelter systems used by the US Marine Corps require significant energy resources for climate control and current thermal insulation solutions create unnecessary logistical burden due to their size and weight. ATA Engineering, Inc. proposes an SBIR project to adapt and continue development of its proprietary insulating barrier technology, whose feasibility in achieving R-values and storage efficiency exceeding those identified by the solicitation has already been proven in a development effort with the US Army. ATA will leverage knowledge and expertise originally gained from the previous effort, in particular an innovative high R-value insulating barrier formed from a cellular fabric system. The design will be refined and further optimized to meet the performance requirements identified in the specification. Once compliance with the fundamental requirements (insulative performance, weight density, and storage volume) are indicated through analytical simulation and specimen thermal testing, the concept will be applied to a preliminary full-scale design for integration with HDTs Base-X Model 305 expeditionary shelter system already in use by the Marine Corps as the Expeditionary Shelter System (Medium).