Army links helicopters, boats and AI for casualty evacuation

Published on December 18, 2023

Casualty evacuations during recent wars faced their own challenges — enemy fire, dust storms and austere pickup points.

But battlefields of the future look far more daunting, especially if U.S. forces face a well-armed peer adversary and must cover farther distances to bring wounded troops to critical medical care.

Soldiers and aviators with the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade are developing a new way to move casualties around the battle space using helicopters, Army watercraft, Navy vessels, advanced communications and data.

Capt. Mahdi Al-Husseini, a 25th CAB Black Hawk pilot, teamed up with Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, the Army Research Lab and Stanford University to develop the concept.

Read More: https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2023/12/18/army-links-helicopters-boats-and-ai-for-casualty-evacuation/

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