Immersive Parachute Descent Procedure, Malfunction and Decision-Making Training System Navy SBIR FY2016.1 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2016.1 Topic No.: N161-007 Topic Title: Immersive Parachute Descent Procedure, Malfunction and Decision-Making Training System Proposal No.: N161-007-0610 Firm: Systems Technology, Inc. 13766 Hawthorne Blvd. Hawthorne, California 90250 Contact: Chi-Ying Liang Phone: (310) 679-2281 Web Site: http://www.systemstech.com Abstract: Parachuting is the primary method for the pilot and aircrew to escape when unrecoverable emergencies occur. However, the aviators, in most cases, have no parachuting experience prior to emergency egress. To ensure their safety and prepare them for extreme circumstances, they must be trained to handle such situations. Currently, PARASIMr, a virtual reality parachute simulator developed by Systems Technology Inc. (STI), provides such training. In this Topic, the Navy has identified enhancements to the current training that include:  Seamless interfacing with real flight equipment across all Navy platforms  Complete ejection and bailout training from under canopy to landing  Integration of visual environment and physical flight equipment  After action review (AAR) to include procedure checklist and cause-effect analysis of the decisions in the descending process. STI proposes to develop an Immersive Parachute Descent Trainer (IPDT), a low-cost, robust solution to address the desired training needs, interfacing with standard flight equipment across all Navy platforms. This concept builds upon STI's parachute simulation expertise and leverages STI's patented Fused Realityr technology, combining live real-world video with the virtual environment, and enabling the trainee to wear, see, and interact with standard flight equipment during the real-time, interactive parachute simulation. Benefits: This proposed project will result in the Immersive Parachute Decent Trainer (IPDT), a procedural training system for aircrew emergency egress, integrating and replicating the equipment, procedures and situations that occur following actual emergency ejection or bailout. This system will be usable with all types of parachute harnesses and will support all current emergency parachutes used throughout US Navy aircraft platforms. The IPDT will be readily expandable to support any emergency parachute system, increasing its potential market to the global scale. The procedural training features of the IPDT could also be applied with minimal additional development effort to training for premeditated parachute jumps, particularly in regard to equipment transition training and Emergency Procedures (EP) training. Return