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.

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.

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.

Safe, Inc. was selected to manufacture and certify a face shield for an Explosive Ordnance Disposal suit made by NP Aerospace, Ltd in Coventry, United Kingdom. The work is in accord with the Face Shield Statement of Work supplied by NP Aerospace.

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.

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.

Safe was awarded a program by the U.S. Navy/NAVAIR to produce 530 MH-60S Next Generation Gunner Seat Selectable Profile Energy Absorber (SPEA) production kits and 50 spare SPEA production kits, with tasks including fabrication, assembly, and source inspection.