Posted on Jun 14, 2023
Navy, Marines Measuring Thousands of Aircrew to Improve Fit
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For nearly half of her Navy career, Lt. Jennifer Knapp has worn boots that didn’t fit—because her size wasn’t kept in stock. They would have been “a disaster” if she was in a situation where she had to tread water to survive, she said.
“I haven't had to have that situation, of course. But that's kind of how grave that can get if I didn't have gear that fits. So, directly affecting our safety and survival capabilities,” said Knapp, a former naval flight officer on the E-6B Mercury aircraft.
Knapp is now providing that experience as the military liaison for a new study of Navy and Marine aviators and air crew members. The U.S. Naval and Marine Corps Aircrew Anthropometric Survey is collecting body measurements to improve the fit and availability of equipment used by naval aircrews—from flight suits and gloves to oxygen masks and harnesses, as well as the design of the cockpit.
“I haven't had to have that situation, of course. But that's kind of how grave that can get if I didn't have gear that fits. So, directly affecting our safety and survival capabilities,” said Knapp, a former naval flight officer on the E-6B Mercury aircraft.
Knapp is now providing that experience as the military liaison for a new study of Navy and Marine aviators and air crew members. The U.S. Naval and Marine Corps Aircrew Anthropometric Survey is collecting body measurements to improve the fit and availability of equipment used by naval aircrews—from flight suits and gloves to oxygen masks and harnesses, as well as the design of the cockpit.
Navy, Marines Measuring Thousands of Aircrew to Improve Fit
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..."Brattin Basham said researchers will analyze the data in early 2024, after the scans are collected, and publish their report as soon as possible on the Defense Technical Information Center website.
“There's several acquisition programs that are … already all in touch with me and wanting to work with me. I'm involved in ongoing meetings because they want to be able to use this data the second it's available,” she said.
One challenge is that the face scans, useful for fitting equipment such as oxygen masks, must be protected because of privacy concerns, Brattin Basham said. The researchers are working with the University of Michigan to create avatars so they can still use the facial data.
“It's one thing for us to publish a tech report that's got a bunch of anthro measurements on the face in it, but there's also shape to consider, not just the independent measurements. So we are working on that and figuring out how we can protect privacy for the face scans,” she said. “But everything else is de-identified and we—it's meaningless if we don't get it out there for everybody to use, so we definitely want to make it available.”"
..."Brattin Basham said researchers will analyze the data in early 2024, after the scans are collected, and publish their report as soon as possible on the Defense Technical Information Center website.
“There's several acquisition programs that are … already all in touch with me and wanting to work with me. I'm involved in ongoing meetings because they want to be able to use this data the second it's available,” she said.
One challenge is that the face scans, useful for fitting equipment such as oxygen masks, must be protected because of privacy concerns, Brattin Basham said. The researchers are working with the University of Michigan to create avatars so they can still use the facial data.
“It's one thing for us to publish a tech report that's got a bunch of anthro measurements on the face in it, but there's also shape to consider, not just the independent measurements. So we are working on that and figuring out how we can protect privacy for the face scans,” she said. “But everything else is de-identified and we—it's meaningless if we don't get it out there for everybody to use, so we definitely want to make it available.”"
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