By Leslie Heck, Air Force Research Laboratory Public Affairs
/ Published April 23, 2021
The 711 Human Performance Wing's Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided Knowledge team aided contractor Combat Power Solutions’ Small Business Innovation Research project to develop a much-needed warfighter capability: a portable charging device (shown by itself here in its final prototype) for a radio that is critical during combat survival. (Photo courtesy of Combat Power Solutions, LLC)
The portable “Surge Combat Survivor Evader Locator Tactical Charging Device” attaches to the CSEL radio’s battery, as shown here, providing compatibility for four different charging methods. (Photo courtesy of Combat Power Solutions, LLC)
A removable hand-crank provides on-the-go power to the Surge charging device, shown here with the Combat Survivor Evader Locator radio (top) and battery (bottom) all connected.