Product/Service

Life Support Systems Division

Source: Geomet Technologies
GEOMET's Life Support Systems Division provides comprehensive support in the development of personal protective systems
GEOMET's Life Support Systems Division provides comprehensive support in the development of personal protective systems, especially for use in military or immediately dangerous to life or health environments (IDLH). In addition to providing engineering and design services, LSSD ensures total compatibility between operational requirements and proposed manufacturing technology through stringent testing, heat stress evaluation, reliability qualification, environmental limits, and respiratory protection. LSSD's capabilities include coordinating extensive chemical, environmental, and security risk assessments for industrial processes, emergency response, and military applications.

LSSD services in support of personal protective equipment (PPE) programs are wide ranging, encompassing every aspect of product development, testing, and documentation/training support required to successfully field end-use items. Typical service areas include:
Chemical Protective Clothing

  • Responder® CSM™
  • Heat stress management - CoreCool™ Personal Ice Cooling System
  • Breathing/decon systems
  • Filtration and environmental remediation systems
  • Chemical and biological shelters

PPE Design/Development

  • Operational environment assessment
  • Performance requirements and specifications definition
  • Risk assessment and protective level development
  • PPE approach selection
  • Hardware design and fabrication

PPE Systems

  • System integration management
  • Program management
  • Manufacturer/subcontractor coordination and monitoring
  • Design and development
  • System integration and management and compatibility design

Material Survey, Evaluation, and Research

  • Literature identification/review
  • Material recommendation/selection
  • Test procedure design/development
  • Material properties evaluation

Materials Testing and Support

  • DOD CB programs support
  • PPE test & evaluation
  • Test method development
  • Permissible exposure limits (PELs) detection instrumentation
  • Advanced materials research, testing, and product development
  • Ballistic and physical security

Integrated Logistics Support

  • Specifications development
  • O&M manuals
  • Reliability/maintainability analysis
  • Logistic support analysis
  • Technical writing
  • Reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM)
  • Training plan development
  • Configuration management (CM)

Geomet Technologies, 20251 Century Boulevard, Germantown, MD 20874-1192. Tel: 301-428-9898; Fax: 301-428-9802.