As in the high-tech industry, military researchers are also looking for ways to recharge devices wirelessly. Currently they are experimenting with magnetic and electric resonant coupling to achieve wireless power transfer over short to moderate distances, focusing on vehicle and tactical operations center applica- tions. One such effort looks at allowing the Soldier to recharge wirelessly from any military vehicle seat configured with a
transmitting coil. Tis effort
pairs inductive coupling with e-textiles, or conductive fabric, routed through a protective vest or load carriage to dem- onstrate a future Soldier capability that will eliminate the need for cabling to recharge electronic devices.
Research will continue to optimize
the efficiency and the range of power transmission. Related efforts are experi- menting with the current operational limitations of the technology as well as applying the new technologies to tabletop electronics and long-term storage require- ments. Te intent will be to develop longer-range wireless power transmission
SIGNING ON FOR RESEARCH Mark P. Huston, left, president of Constellation Retail, joins with MG Peter D. Utley, ATEC commanding general, in signing a cooperative research and development agreement between Constellation and ATEC Aug. 4, 2014. The agreement is to explore geothermal power and other sustainable, secure energy solutions at APG. (Photo by Andricka Thomas)
Te office is saving time, space, money and manpower by using the Electronic Com- mon Technical Document, an initiative that reduces RO’s carbon footprint and streamlines its entire submission process. Te electronic document allows RO to reference source documents from its Elec- tronic Document Management System
technologies that are both safe and suit- able for military operations, including laser and microwave power transmission for extended-range recharging.
USAMMDA BRANCH GOES GREEN Te Regulatory Operations (RO) Branch of
the U.S. Army Medical Materiel
Development Activity (USAMMDA) at Fort Detrick, MD, is saving money and time by going paperless. RO has saved thousands of reams of paper annually by eliminating the paperwork for its U.S. Food and Drug Administration appli- cations—which can range from 200 to 2,000 pages—and discontinuing hard copies of the files related to the organiza- tion’s 80 active products.
(EDMS), which maintains version con- trol so that even documents created in the earliest stages of development are incorporated into the submission process before finalization. Te system also saves man-hours by eliminating the need to verify mountains of paper, page by page, against the EDMS and the sponsor’s elec- tronic regulatory file.
RO is also saving money by scanning and cataloging all of its archives elec- tronically, eliminating the costs related to storage space.
ANALYZING OPERATIONAL NEEDS According to DOD estimates, opera- tional energy (OE)—the energy required to train, move and sustain forces, weapons and equipment for military operations—accounted for 75 percent of all energy the agency used in 2012. Te U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)
is trying to
get a better handle on its OE figures by creating a task force to analyze such capa- bilities with the same degree of rigor that
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