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Safe, Inc. Presented with Supplier of the Year Award by Lockheed Martin Space

Safe, Inc. was honored when selected by Lockheed Martin Space as one of their Supplier of the Year recipients. Portion of press release is below:

SAFE, INC. RECOGNIZED AS SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR BY LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE

Tempe, AZ – Safe, Inc., (Safe) was recently recognized by Lockheed Martin Space as a Supplier of the Year. The award follows on the heels of Safe receiving the Lockheed Martin Space Outstanding Small Business Award in 2021. Both awards reflect Safe’s exceptional design, manufacturing, and support of the Orion Program Crew Impact Attenuation System (CIAS).

Safe was specifically cited for its proactive management practices, superior quality of its operations, as well as its ability to effectively collaborate with its suppliers as well as Lockheed Martin and NASA. “Safe went above and beyond” in its preparation of engineering design support documentation, which enabled efficient review and ensured customer satisfaction.

The integration of Safe’s Selectable Profile Energy Attenuation (SPEA) technology is critical to the success of the Lockheed Martin-built Orion Spacecraft. The Orion Spacecraft is built to take humans further into space than ever before. Safe’s patented SPEA technology is designed to limit the force the astronauts are subjected to during an off-nominal landing of the Orion Spacecraft to a manageable level.

The Orion Spacecraft is part of the NASA Artemis Program which will soon transport humans back to the moon on the first crewed moon mission since Apollo 17 in 1972. Artemis I, with Safe-manufactured and tested CIAS units aboard, was successfully launched on November 16th, 2022 and splashed down on December 11th, 2022. The first crewed mission, Artemis II, is scheduled for 2024.

Full press release here.

Safe’s Supplier of the Year Award Certificate is here.

Posted in Lockheed Martin, Safe, Uncategorized |

August 2022 — Crash Safety Data Recorder, Phase II

Safe was awarded a Phase II SBIR program by the U.S. Navy/NAVAIR to continue development and design of a device that can measure rotorcraft dynamics to support objectives for improving crash safety and crash survival. The Crash Safety Data Recorder (CSDR) design will be completed to a level of detail suitable for building a prototype system that meets key requirements, including reliability and low cost, in a small package with limits of size and weight as specified by the Navy. Additional research includes development of the CSDR through Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6, which means product demonstration in a relevant environment.

Posted in US Navy |

September 2021 — Safe, Inc. Presented with Outstanding Small Business Award by Lockheed Martin Space

Safe, Inc. was honored when selected in September 2021 by Lockheed Martin Space as one of their 2021 Outstanding Small Business award recipients. Portion of 2021 press release is below:

SAFE, INC. PRESENTED OUTSTANDING SMALL BUSINESS AWARD BY LOCKHEED MARTIN SPACE

Tempe, AZ – Safe, Inc., (Safe) was selected by Lockheed Martin Space as a 2021 Outstanding Small Business Awardee on September 16th, 2021, for providing exceptional support to the Orion Spacecraft Program.

“(Safe’s) support of the Crew Impact System provides critical services to the safety and well‐being of our astronauts,” according to Ms. Juanita Tavares, Director of Program Management and Subcontracts for Lockheed Martin Space.

Safe was one of only four small businesses to receive this prestigious award out of more than 10,000 suppliers to the global aerospace and defense firm based in Bethesda, MD.

The integration of Safe’s technology is critical to the success of the Lockheed Martin‐built Orion Spacecraft, which is NASA’s platform to return to deep space exploration by taking humans further into space than ever before. The first mission, Artemis I, is scheduled to launch in late 2021.

According to Rick A. Smith, Vice President of Global Supply Chain Management for Lockheed Martin Space, “Safe maintains excellent communication with their customer (Lockheed Martin), their suppliers and sub‐tier suppliers to reduce issues at all levels.”

Full press release is here.

Posted in Lockheed Martin, Safe, Uncategorized |

November 2020 — Passive Anti-Resonance (PAR) Isolator, Phase II

Safe was awarded a Phase II SBIR program by the U.S. Navy/NAVAIR to continue development of a Passive Anti-Resonance (PAR) vibration isolator system that will isolate an entire helicopter crew seat at its floor attachments. The PAR vibration isolator will adjust automatically to limit displacement during inputs near the resonance frequency. It will address and improve the health risks, discomfort, and pain of military aircrew brought on by whole-body vibration in helicopters. The MH 60S rotorcraft pilot/co-pilot seat has been selected as the target platform for the initial system design and demonstration tests. However, the PAR system can be easily adapted to other platforms and/or seat positions.

Posted in US Navy |

October 2020 — Crash Safety Data Recorder

Safe was awarded a Phase I SBIR program by the U.S. Navy/NAVAIR to develop a device that can measure rotorcraft dynamics to support objectives for improving crash safety. Two of the program’s technical objectives include developing a software algorithm that effectively discriminates between normal flight and crash conditions and specifying a hardware and software architecture that strikes a good balance of trades for a practical solution.

Posted in US Navy |

June 2020 — Vibration Isolating Ergonomic Seats for E-2 Hawkeye

Safe was awarded this program’s continuation effort of SBIR Phases I and II under the United States Navy’s Topic N101-026, “Multi-Axis Vibration and Habitability Improvement for Seated Occupants.” The unique vibrations and flight characteristics of the E-2C/D aircraft cause significant crew discomfort, distraction, fatigue, and even pain. Safe will develop a new seat that will incorporate magnetorheological technology to help isolate the occupant from aircraft-generated vibrations and will optimize seating angles.

Posted in Uncategorized, US Navy |

February 2020 — Spall Liner Energy Attenuating (EA) Material Development

Safe was awarded a Phase II SBIR program from the United States Army to develop a new, effective spall liner for combat vehicles. Safe’s new spall liner design will benefit vehicle occupants by protecting them from the hazardous conditions associated with combat, including head injury. Occupants of ground combat vehicles are at risk of head injury when the vehicle is attacked by an underbody blast and its violent motion causes the head to strike the interior. Occupants are also at risk from spall, fragments of material liberated from the interior wall of the vehicle by shock waves or overmatched threats. The design solution will be generally applicable for use in many armored ground vehicles, but it will not yet be specifically designed for integration into any particular vehicle. Safe’s design approach addresses all key technical requirements including head impact, ballistic, thermal, acoustic, and FST.

Posted in US Army |

July 2019 — Armor for Mobile Missile Launcher

Safe was awarded a Phase II SBIR program from the United States Army to refine, ballistic test, and demonstrate Safe’s Phase I design for armor for a Mobile Missile Launcher. Rocket motor propellant can react violently when struck by bullets or fragments of exploding weapons. Therefore, the primary benefit of the armor will be to allow mobile missile launchers to have Insensitive Munitions behavior simply by applying armor panels at select locations, rather than the far-more-difficult endeavor to change propellant or redesign the rocket motor. Limiting the most-severe reaction type to only burning, as opposed to a more violent reaction such as detonation, should make the missile launcher much safer for soldiers to operate in hostile environments.

Posted in US Army |

May 2019 — Thermoelectrically Cooled Cushion for Dynamically Qualified Seats

Safe was awarded a Phase I SBIR program by the U.S. Navy/NAVAIR to develop a thermoelectrically cooled seat cushion to improve aircrew mission endurance and effectiveness. Effective cooling will prevent heat stress by limiting mission durations and reducing the detriment to concentration on mentally demanding tasks that reduces mission effectiveness. Safe’s innovative design will also address complaints reported by aircrew over back pain, inadequate padding, and loss of sensation in the legs with existing seat cushions by distributing pressure more uniformly across the body.

Posted in Uncategorized, US Navy |

May 2019 — Passive Occupant Weight Relief (POWR) Harness

Safe was awarded a Phase I SBIR program by the U.S. Navy/NAVAIR to develop a Passive Occupant Weight Relief (POWR) harness to lift the weight of the pilot’s survival vest and armor carrier off of the torso while operating the aircraft. Aircrew back pain is a significant factor affecting aircrew mission endurance and effectiveness and increasing costs for medical treatment and disability. A Design of Experiments (DOE) will be used to determine ability to balance upward load and aft load created by the harness. The POWR harness will not hinder egress and will not require any additional steps to egress.

Posted in Uncategorized, US Navy |