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The U.S. Department of Defense throght Defense Research and Engineering Continuing with its mission to ensure that the warfighters today and tomorrow have superior and affordable technology to support their misión, and to give them revolutionar´y war-winning capabilities, made public the prize program draws upon innovation from a broad range of sources to provide superior technical solutions for the individual energy needs of Soldiers, Marines, Airmen and Sailors in the field.
The Department of Defense wanna develop for a wearable power system that lasts four days and reduces the weight of the battery load typically carried by those in the field.The prizes:
- 1st Place = $1M
- 2nd Place = $500K
- 3rd Place = $250K
Winning Criteria
- The lightest weight system weighing 4kg or less after completing the full competitive demonstration is the winner.
- Second and third place prizes are determined the same manner.
- In the case of systems with identical weights, a secondary “wearability” criterion is used. Wearability is measured by the maximum thickness of the system as it protrudes from the body when attached to a garment. The thinnest system wins the tie-breaker.
Very important ....Schedule
- June 2007 - Prize Competition Announced
- September 2007 - Public Information Forum (To be held in Washington, DC area)
- 8 October 2007 - Registration Opens
- 30 November 2007 - Registration closes
- June 2008 - Final Notice of Intent to Compete
- Fall 2008 - Prize Competition
by Manuel Torres Laveaga
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The Director, Defense Research and Engineering, John Young announced a public prize competition to develop a wearable electric power system for war fighters. The competition will take place in the fall of 2008 and the prizes are $1 million for first place, $500,000 for second place and $250,000 for third place.
The essential electronic equipment that dismounted warfighters carries today - radios, night vision devices, global positioning system - runs on batteries. This competition will gather and test the good ideas for reducing the weight of the batteries that service members carry. The prize objective is a wearable, prototype system that can power a standard warfighter’s equipment for 96 hours but weighs less than half that of the current batteries carried. All components, including the power generator, electrical storage, control electronics, connectors and fuel must weigh four kilograms or less, including any attachments.
Prizes will be awarded to the top three teams in a final competitive demonstration planned for the fall of 2008. At this “wear-off,” individuals or teams will demonstrate their prototype systems under realistic conditions. The top three competitors that demonstrate a complete, wearable system that produces 20 watts average power for 96 hours but weighs less than 4 kilograms (~8.8 lbs) will win the prizes.
