Breakthrough technology for a secure future
Synthetik Applied Technologies is an agile research and development company specializing in risk, security, and protection.
Synthetik creates breakthrough technology to mitigate significant threats to the world around us, including terrorism, extreme events, and global environmental impacts.
OBEX Aircraft Revetment
Expeditionary protection set up in hours
OBEX Aircraft Revetment is a fully transportable and modular expeditionary walling system that helps warfighters to maneuver proactively. A self-contained system that is built quickly and intuitively by people, without the support of heavy machinery, OBEX reduces base setup time from days to hours. With novel patented technologies providing enhanced protection from the effects of explosive blast and ballistics, OBEX is also fully recoverable, reusable, and easily repaired, providing survivability, resilience, and flexibility to the warfighter. OBEX has been vetted through the U.K.’s Army Warfighting Experiment and test built by the U.S. Marine Corps.
iBallistix
Creating CFD (computational fluid dynamics) code for ballistic design
Synthetik develops, maintains, and distributes weapons effects analysis code for international defense clients. Synthetik are currently working with the U.S. Army’s CCDC Armaments Center to develop a new state-of-the-art multiphase, multidimensional interior ballistics CFD solver - iBallistix. This high-fidelity physics-based tool will allow the Army to more effectively develop charge designs and ignition systems that perform efficiently and reliably. This in turn provides greater confidence in the safety concerns associated with gun launch testing and reduces the number of testing iterations.
Containing thermal runaway
Transporting Charged-Lithium-ion batteries safely
Lithium-ion batteries are ubiquitous in the portable power market due to notable benefits over lead-acid alternatives. However, the material is sensitive to high temperatures, impact, and manufacturing defects, which can lead to intense, catastrophic fires.
With funding from the U.K. government’s Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) and National Composites Centre (NCC), Synthetik developed a solution to contain Lithium-ion batteries in thermal runaway. Synthetik’s current technology addresses mobile devices onboard passenger aircraft and energy storage solutions in the home and are now looking to work with maritime industry partners to adapt this solution for ISO containers.
Intelligent buildings
In-building sensor suite and testbed for public health and safety
Buildings designed to be ‘intelligent’ are focused on reducing daily operating costs and risk to occupants by enhancing public safety measures. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is working to harness Internet of Things (IoT) devices for intelligent buildings to provide novel data streams for the next generation of building intelligence.
Synthetik have integrated a variety of sensors contained within a compact monitor (also called “sensor pod”) into a large entertainment and sports arena. These sensors will provide information related to air-quality, thermal activity, and population density, which will then be used to calculate airflow patterns.
These quality metrics, working together with existing camera networks and other infrastructure, will inform emergency response units the most prudent routes to evacuate people safety. Synthetik utilized a 3D digital twin of the venue to both deploy and network the sensor pods in the most advantageous positions and visualize the results of the modeling and analysis.
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