SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e)
Functional Areas Supported
3.1 Research & Development Support
3.2 Engineering, System Engineering and Process Engineering Support
3.3 Modeling, Simulation, Stimulation, and Analysis Support
3.4 Prototyping, Pre-Production, Model-Making and Fabrication Support
3.5 System Design Documentation and Technical Data Support
Under the DoD, Wolf has been awarded several contracts that have resulted in successful development of hardware systems. One of Wolf’s contracts was sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop a restraint system for mobile aircrew to protect them in the full range of dynamic flight environments while allowing the necessary freedom of movement during normal flight conditions. (Helicopter Aircrew Restraint, contract FA8650-05-M-6560, 15 April 2005-15 January 2006.) This successful effort led to the award of a contract to continue development of the improved restraint system. (Helicopter Aircrew Restraint, contract FA8650-06-C-6615, 30 March 2006-30 March 2008.) Wolf was able to not only meet, but far exceed the program requirements of these contracts. The effort culminated in the fabrication of several design models of fully functional restraint systems that were performance tested by aircrews during Air Force/Army Patriot flight exercises in July 2008. Test results showed that Wolf’s restraint, the Universal Mobile Aircrew Restraint System (UMARS), successfully met the major objectives of the program: adaptive restraint protection and freedom of crew movement.
As a follow on to UMARS, Wolf was awarded NAVAIR contract N00019-09-C-0098 in September of 2009 to develop a Common Mobile Aircrew Restraint System (CMARS), a self-contained six-pound unit that can be readily mounted to the floor, ceiling or sidewall of the aircraft. CMARS contains a battery powered electronics suite that senses aircraft acceleration and belt velocity. The crew member attached to the safety belt is allowed to complete freedom of movement under normal conditions with the safety belt extending or retracting as the crew member moves about the cabin. CMARS will lock if an acceleration limit is reached, such as in a hard landing or a crash, or in the event that a crew member would fall, preventing further extraction of the safety belt. This significantly improves the probability that the crew member will remain within the aircraft, thus reducing the chance of serious injury or fatality.
