3D KNITTED SMART TEXTILE ELECTRICAL POWER AND DATA CIRCUITS • Can be placed anywhere within a textile or garment • Insulated E-Yarns for data and power transfer • Knitted E-textile sensors WASHABLE E-TEXTILE CONNECTORS • Connect soft E-textiles/E-yarns to hard electronics (printed circuit boards) and non-textile sensors • Connect insulated to uninsulated E-Yarns • Connect E-yarns/E-textiles to Printed Flexible…
Read MoreSHOT Show 2020 Las Vegas. For the past 41 years and the 11th year in a row at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, the firearm industry professionals gather for SHOT Show, the largest trade show for target shooting, hunting, outdoor and law enforcement products. January 21 – 24, 2020
Read MoreMILIPOL Paris 2019 at PARIS-NORD VILLEPINTE Propel LLC will be participating again with the US Department of Commerce at Milipol Paris, the leading event for homeland security is organized under the patronage of the French Ministry of Interior. It is an official event carried out in partnership with the French National Police and Gendarmerie, Civil…
Read MoreHome of CG Marine Corps Combat Development Command/DC Combat Development & Integration and Marine Corps Systems Command. Plan to meet with Propel LLC on the 18th or 19th. Modern Day Marine – September 18/19 Quantico, Virginia Modern Day Marine – Sep 17-19, Quantico
Read MorePropel LLC is participating in DSEI London 10-13 September over four days to meet with suppliers from all over the world focusing on new products for military and self-defence and authorities. https://www.dsei.co.uk/
Read MoreClare King, president of Propel, and Bethany Pollack, the company’s vice president for business innovation, discuss the “steam suit” the company designed and manufactured with help from the US Navy’s Small Business Innovation Research-Small Business Technology Transfer (or SBIR-STTR) program, designing for defense and more during a Nov. 2, interview with the Defense & Aerospace…
Read MorePresident, Clare King and Vice President, Bethany Pollack to Exhibit at Washington Show Propel will be exhibiting its new Damage Control Suit (Steam Suit) at the Navy Submarine League Annual Symposium, November 1st and 2nd, in, Arlington, VA. This suit was developed under a SBIR Phase III research and development contract funded by the TechSolutions…
Read MoreGovernor touts Rhode Island textiles industry during Richmond visit at Kenyon Industries October 18, 2017 11:54PM By Cynthia Drummond Westerly Sun staff writer RICHMOND — Gov. Gina Raimondo took advantage of a meeting with members of the Rhode Island Textile Innovation Network to promote textiles as another sector of Rhode Island’s growing skilled manufacturing economy.…
Read MorePropel LLC has been awarded a new Phase I SBIR from the Defense Health Agency “Compression Garment with Embedded Electronics for Ambulatory Health and Performance Monitoring” Project Abstract: The concept of operations for future warfighters includes real-time physiological health and status monitoring during mission operations. A compression e-garment that is capable of collection,…
Read MoreTake a look at Propel LLC’s Steam Suit Ensemble being featured at the Naval Sea, Air, and Space Expo.
Read MoreSponsored by the Office of Naval Research’s TechSolutions Program, the new steam suit was developed by the Naval Sea Systems Command and Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility, along with Propel LLC. It is currently being tested at sea by the crew of the USS Toledo and two other submarines. Read Article Here
Read MoreTo foster greater collaboration between the U.S. apparel, technology, and textile industries and to identify the public policies that could accelerate the design and manufacture of smart fabrics products by U.S. companies, the Department of Commerce in partnership with the Industrial Fabrics Association International will host the Smart Fabrics Summit on Monday, April 11, 2016.…
Read MoreGovernor Gina M. Raimondo and the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation’s Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) today announced this year’s recipients of the Innovate Rhode Island Small Business Fund (IRISBF) matching grants for federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase 1 grant recipients: Propel LLC, Btech Accoustics LLC, Electro…
Read MoreSmart Uniforms – A B-To-B Compelling Model For Smart Textiles Adding electronics into uniforms could increase worker safety and enhance situational awareness and operational capabilities. Clare King will talk about the challenges of designing and manufacturing smart uniforms, her company’s involvement over the last decade in the development of smart uniforms for fire fighters and…
Read MoreJennifer Mcdermott, Associated Press PAWTUCKET, R.I. – Welding isn’t just for aircraft carriers anymore The U.S. Navy could be turning to ultrasonic welding to make its uniforms lighter, stronger and cheaper. And if the project by a Rhode Island company and the Navy Clothing and Textile Research Facility is a success, it could help bring…
Read MoreClare King appeared on Fox and Friends, October 9, 2014 to talk about Propel’s efforts to build Navy clothing without needle and thread.
Read MoreCase Studies
Submarine Damage Control Suit ‘Steam Suit’
Propel was awarded a Phase III contract to use the efforts of our Phase I Stitchless R&D to design, build, and prototype an improved Damage Control Suit for submarine use. The design brief described one suit to fit anyone from 5ʼ2” to 6ʼ4”. Propel was able to meet this extraordinary design challenge by creating an…
Read MoreStitchless Seam Engineering
Topic Title: Seam Engineering: Stitchless Seam Technology US NAVY SBIR PHASE I&II AWARDS TOPIC No.: N122-134 PHASE II Contract No.: N00189-15-C-Z087 This project is a technology pathway to the future of garment making – exploring the potential for new Stitchless methods to replace sewing with needle and thread. For our customer – the US Navy…
Read MoreE-Textiles & Smart Integrated Uniform™
Propel is engaged in multiple DOD SBIR funded efforts, and its own efforts to develop e-yarns, e-textiles and smart garments with a goal of connecting the human to the system, such as the sailor to the shipʼs system. Topic Title: Electronically Functional Garment Systems: A Smart Integrated Uniform (SIU™) Demonstration Prototype SBIR Phase II: N143-127…
Read MoreWASP™: Wearable Advanced Sensor Platform
Propel is a key member of the multi-company, multi-university team that has worked with Globe Manufacturing LLC, Pittsfield NH, to develop the first workplace wearable to continuously monitor a firefighterʼs physiology and indoor location. WASP™ collects, transmits, and displays integrated user data in real time to a command station or remote monitoring location. Knowing where…
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