SBIR/STTR Research Award
ROPER: Remotely Operated Personnel Engagement and Retrieval
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1998Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Office of the Secretary of Defense
- Recipient company
- TRANSDIMENSION INTERNATIONAL CORP.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
This project addresses the important problem of casualty retrieval in the battlefield that minimizes the danger of exposing the rescue team to enemy fire. We propose to develop a multiple-use casualty retrieval device for ground forces capable of: being deployed towards the wounded from a safe location/distance of up to 25 m; reliably engaging the wounded for retrieval; and retrieving the wounded and his/her load bearing equipment (up to 120 kg). The system we propose is referred to as ROPER: Remotely Operated Personnel Engagement Retrieval. The innovative ROPER concept promises to meet all the requirements for battlefield casualty retrial. Its advantages are: Safety to the rescue team; Reliability of retrieval; simplicity of the mechanism, and Multi-usability. The three ROPER components, will all have additional military utilities.
Technology keywords
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