A -- VEHICLE OCCUPANT RES04TRAINT TECHNOLOGIES

Notice Date

April 3, 2001

Contracting Office

Director, USAMRAA, 820 Chandler St, Fort Detrick, MD 21702-5014

ZIP Code

21702-5014

Response Due

April 30, 2001

Point of Contact

Patricia K. Nelson, Contracting Officer, 301-619-2702, e-mail: patricia.nelson@amedd.army.mil

E-Mail Address

patricia.nelson@amedd.army.mil (joe.mcentire@se.amedd.army.mil)

Description

Vehicle Occupant Restraint Technologies -- The USAARL is conducting a review of occupant restraint system technologies in order to define acceptable performance requirements for use in Army vehicles. Concepts and technologies identified through this survey will be considered for incorporation into subsequent research testing programs. Results of these tests will be used to define biomedically based performance standards. U.S. Army soldiers are required to be transported in and to operate a multitude of combat, tactical, and supply vehicles. These include wheeled, tracked, and aviation based vehicle platforms. During training and operational maneuvers, the crew and occupants of these vehicles can be subjected to jolts, crash impacts, and sudden direction changes, which could result in occupant flail injuries if the restraint system performs poorly. The USAARL is seeking information on innovative concepts for improving occupant restraint systems in these military vehicles with the following characteristics: 1) Secure occupant restraint during sudden vehicle maneuvers. 2) Increase occupant protection from flail impact injury during dynamic events (crash and/or blast impacts). 3) Adaptable to existing vehicle design(s). 4) Accommodates the range of anthropometric variations of the existing Army population of soldiers. 5) Easily operated by soldiers during ingress and egress. 6) Low maintenance with a long service life. 7) The system must not interfere with the occupant's ability to reach critical controls and conduct their mission duties. Improved occupant restraint systems include conventional webbing harnesses and systems, advanced locking devices, energized retractors/pre-tensioners, inflatable bags and structures, and hybrid configurations. Interested sources should electronically submit literature/brochures describing their concepts using MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint compatible formats to Joe McEntire, email address joe.mcentire@se.amedd.army.mil. POC for this action is Joe McEntire, Principle Investigator, telephone number (334) 255-6896. This is a market survey requesting information only. No solicitation will be issued against this notice. If a formal solicitation is generated at a later date, a solicitation notice will be published. Respondents should submit appropriate information within 30 days of this publication. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any private sector input as a result of this market survey. Telephone requests are not acceptable. SPONSOR: U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory, MRMC-UAD, Fort Rucker, Alabama 36362-0577

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010405/ASOL015.HTM (W-093 SN50I162)