Pitch Day Investment in Battlefield Air Operations Family of Systems Technologies

In early 2019, the US Air Force (USAF) 353rd Special Operations Group (SOG) operating out of Kadena USAF, Okinawa, Japan approached Battle Sight Technologies, LLC to help solve a communication, locating and rescue problem. Legacy solutions for locating and rescuing downed aircrew in nighttime environments involved electronic or battery powered equipment prone to failure in water. The results of these failures included delays in locating aircrews within their target survival window and the loss of highly trained, experienced aircrew assets. Additionally, in 2019 the USAF identified this maritime combat search and rescue (CSAR) mission set such a significant capabilities gap that the topic was announced as the 2019 Commander’s Challenge topic.