United States Marine Corps

The team is collaborating with the Marine Corps to address the challenge of clearing foreign object debris, FOD, from civilian roadways without taking up valuable cargo space in transport vehicles. Current FOD removal solutions are bulky and inefficient, making transportation to remote locations difficult. The goal is to design a compact, transportable device that clears…

To keep pace with advancing technology and evolving wartime tactics, the United States Marine Corps needed a solution to unload materials and equipment from a V-22 Osprey quickly and safely in various environments for Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations and Forward Arming and Refueling Points. The team designed a device using a commercially available hydraulic floor…