New sea and air delivery systems to enable direct support to disaster zones from offshore container ships

New sea and air delivery systems to enable direct support to disaster zones from offshore container ships

by noreply@blogger.com (brian wang)

DARPA’s Tactically Expandable Maritime Platform (TEMP) program has completed the design of innovative technologies to transform commercial container ships into self-contained floating supply bases during disaster relief operations, without needing port infrastructure. The program envisions a container ship anchoring offshore of a disaster area, and the ship’s crew delivering supplies ashore using DARPA-developed, modular on-board cranes and air- and sea-delivery vehicles.