Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are preferred. Using non-specialized equipment needed for most applications, rapidly deployable and customizable to the region of operations as needed. Areas of interest include solutions that can assist in dust abatement, forward operating base maintenance with roads, runways, tarmacs construction & repair, expeditionary shelter support and efforts addressing fortification and ballistics. Ability to reduce time and money spent increasing safety and operational capacity. Support building partnerships and stability operations through building infrastructure capabilities.

Deployed Infrastructure Building and Maintenance.One of the many specific areas of interest for this JIFX includes (e) Deployable Infrastructure, Power & Water: While the initial deadline for such applicants has past, those looking to attend as an observant can still do so here until 04 February. Per the primary request for information from NPS, people wanting to conduct experiments on “any and all technologies relevant to the maritime domain” were encouraged to apply. NPS will host “JIFX 15-2” at the Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration Facility in Alameda, CA, in a port facility and aboard a military cargo ship. Naval Postgraduate School (NPS)’s Joint Interagency Field Experimentation (JIFX) Program website, the latest interagency field experimentation, set to run 9-13 February, will have a maritime setting and focus.

Navy looks set to lead a bit of joint maritime innovation experimentation in February.

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