Summary
The Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) has issued Special Notice N3239826Q4439 to procure prototype development services for integrating Thera Tactics' blood-oxygen (SpO2) and heart-rate monitoring pulse oximeter into tactical aircraft helmets for aviator physiological monitoring. The Naval Medical Research Unit - Dayton (NAMRU-D), located at Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio, is seeking the wearable physiological monitoring system to address, identify, and mitigate physiological episodes (PEs) across various flight profiles. NMRC intends to award a sole-source contract to Thera Tactics, Inc. (Tahoma, CA); the brand-name device has already completed benchtop and manned verification & validation testing as well as limited safe-to-fly/airworthiness tests.