July 12, 2021
Device designed to give aerial porters enhanced lifting, pushing support for handling big loads with fewer injuries
Although it may not yet be at the level of Iron Man’s exoskeleton, a new power and endurance device from Arizona State University is giving U.S. Air Force aerial porters enhanced levels of safety and strength on the job.
The Aerial Port Exoskeleton, or APEx, provides Air Force aerial porters responsible for loading pallets and lifting cargo onto aircraft increased lifting and pushing support.
“The fundamental purposes of APEx are worker wellness and making pushing and lifting easier and safer,” said Thomas Sugar, an ASU professor of systems engineering and primary investigator on the project.
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People News: Keolis Group, WSP USA, STV, Operation Lifesaver
May 03, 2021
People News: Keolis Group, WSP USA, STV, Operation Lifesaver Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
Keolis Group makes Executive Committee appointments; WSP USA National Transit and Rail Leader receives Woman of the Year Award from the Northeast Florida Chapter of WTS International (WTSI); STV appoints Vice President; Operation Lifesaver, Inc., (OLI) announces new members of the Board of Directors and National Advisory Council.
Clément Michel, Keolis Group
Clément Michel, President and CEO of Keolis North America, has been named Senior Executive Vice President Human Resources and Transformation of Keolis Group, succeeding Bruno Danet, who is leaving the company. Michel joins the Executive Committee and will also lead the group’s Health and Safety, Employee Engagement, and Sustainable Development policies.
For years, both the Executive and Congress have expressed concerns over PNT vulnerabilities and clamored for solutions. Yet little has changed. Three important reports emerged at the tail end of the old regime. As new leadership takes the helm, in which direction will it take the PNT enterprise?
As far back as 1996, when Executive Order (EO) 13010 stood up The President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, folks started taking notice that exclusive reliance on GPS for U.S. transportation creates undue risk.
Two years later, Presidential Decision Directive 63 ordered the Department of Transportation (DOT), in collaboration with the Department of Defense (DOD), to evaluate GPS in relation to national transportation and civilian systems. (Note: It was not until late 2004, in National Security Presidential Directive (PD) 39, that the mantle was officially handed to DOT for GPS policy. PD 39 also made DOT co-chair with DOD of the National Space Based Positioning, Naviga