FIGURE INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N192-119

Description

In an effort to achieve the United States Department of Navy’s long-term strategy to modernize the fleet, improve readiness, reduce maintenance costs, and improve warfighter safety, Figure Engineering proposes the design and development of an autonomous Collective Protection System (CPS). The CPS is an HVAC system designed to filter Navy personnel from airborne chemical, biological and radiological (CBR) threats in contained shipboard environments. However, current technology requires manual data logging and system interfacing, and fails to integrate CBR detectors to the CPS. Figure Engineering’s autonomous CPS solution, based on a technology known as Advanced Continuous-Time Adaptive Ventilation (ACTAV™), which was developed by Figure Engineering for the Air Force, will provide continuous and thorough protection of the ship’s force without the time and attention that the current CPS requires. Variable speed drives (VSDs) enable efficient use of the CPS HVAC system, and automating the control of those VSDs is Figure Engineering’s specialty. The Autonomous CPS will exhibit one critical way that automation will drastically improve the Navy’s capabilities and modernize the fleet for future generations to come.