News Overview
According to a report from the US Next Generation Defense website on August 13, the US Special Forces will equip a new chest-worn sensor that contains 25 types of micro-sensors. This device can be attached to the skin of combat personnel using a transparent film dressing to track their vital signs and detect hazardous gases or chemicals in the environment, offering advantages such as comfort and compatibility with protective gear. This equipment was developed by the US startup “Life Prism” based on the requirements of the “Army Wearable All-Hazards Remote Monitoring Project.” The working principle is as follows: first, the sensors continuously collect data on soldier vital signs and environmental hazards and transmit it to a gateway the size of a keychain; second, the gateway performs distributed sensor fusion, communication, large-scale storage, and edge computing as needed, providing commanders with a real-time view of soldiers’ health status and nearby environmental dangers; third, this equipment can be integrated with the tactical awareness suite from MRIGlobal to process multi-source data for faster and more accurate decision-making. The US Special Forces plan to complete this equipping program by the end of 2025, but the deployment units and scale have not yet been disclosed.
Analysis suggests that the innovations of this technology are as follows: first, it integrates combat situational awareness with individual soldier vital information, providing support for optimal battlefield decision-making through real-time grasp and computation of multi-source information; second, the micro-sensors quickly acquire multiple operational environment data through a chest-worn method, characterized by real-time capability and concealment, enhancing individual combat capabilities and supporting the US military’s distributed operations and forward base combat. I should pay attention to its deployment and application.
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