Survival Innovations | Next-Gen Emergency Flotations Jonathan Bethel, Wesley Butch, Tyler Johnson, and Katherine Vlachos
Would you believe it if we told you that the military flotation vests used today are the same ones used in WWII? Furthermore, these vests are bulky, heavy, and difficult for servicemen to repack, taking a full 45 minutes for trained personnel to correctly repackage a single vest. Our team was tasked with developing a new inflatable bladder material that is lighter-weight and improves the packability of the current vest. In turn, these improvements would give servicemen less of a physical burden and allow them to pack their vests more easily after initial deployment. 38
