Air Force pararescuemen are training with next-generation wearable technology that will help rescuers quickly monitor blood pressure, heart rates, and the pulses of multiple casualties at the same time, helping Guardian Angels better respond to large-scale casualty events. Airmen from the New York Air National Guard’s 106th Rescue Wing spent two days in late August evaluating the system, called Battlefield Air Targeting Man-Aided kNowledge, or BATMAN. The system, developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory, includes wrist-mounted smartphones, along with lights on gloves and heads-up displays in helmet goggles, according to an Air Force release. The airmen used prototypes during a two-day exercise at Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, N.Y. The system has evolved since it began in 2003 with a chest-mounted laptop after airmen said they preferred the smaller smartphones, according to the Air Force. “This is a unique tool that can allow us to monitor up to five patients at once on a single electronic device,” said Lt. Col. Stephen Rush, a flight surgeon with the 106th Rescue Wing, in the release. “This increases our capabilities and effectiveness in a mass-casualty incident.”
NASA Boss: Race to Moon Has National Security Stakes
Sept. 15, 2026
NASA is pushing hard to get astronauts back to the moon by 2028—and the urgency is driven in no small part by the national security implications of doing so before China does, Administrator Jared Isaacman said Sept. 15.
