Digital Firefighter Integrated Personal Protection System
This project was funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and managed by Garry Shields, director of the Advanced Visualization Laboratory at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Carderock Division (NSWCCD). The goal of the project was to transmit and record real-time IR video from a firefighter's helmet-mounted camera along with the firefighter's vital statistics.
Hildstrom Engineering was tasked with general development support of the payload and ground station systems including: