Intelligent Control System for Soldier Power

The effectiveness of dismount soldier systems is currently limited by reliance on inflexible and inefficient body-worn power infrastructures. These systems, made up of multiple electronic components, would be greatly enhanced by the development an efficient, consistent architecture that provided monitoring and control over both power storage and soldier system devices, which can include CPUs, displays, radios, targeting devices, sensors, and navigation aids. To address this need, Trident Systems plans to develop a comprehensive architecture—the Adaptive Soldier Power Energy Control Toolkit, or ASPECT—that leverages appropriate commercial paradigms & standards in power awareness and efficient system control. Trident will begin with an analysis of system requirements, including study of functionality, operational usage, and external interfaces, as well as electrical, mechanical, and power requirements. This will be followed by a survey of existing soldier system devices and configurations, with the development of operational profiles to guide development, along with analysis of commercial standards-based approaches to power management. Architecture and system design efforts will then apply these standards to the soldier system environment, developing a complete solution that is modular, open, and scalable. A proof-of-concept system will then be implemented that demonstrates the validity of the ASPECT architecture.