User Research - INDUSTRIAL DESIGN - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING - PROTOTYPES
TRIGR™ provides the modern soldier with infrared optics, laser rangefinder, digital compass, and GPS capability for geo-location, day and night. BAE asked Stream PD to collaborate with them and use our ergonomic research, industrial design, and mechanical engineering to create an easy to use product that weighed just 5.5 lbs.
Through our iterative design process, we tested multiple configurations with users and arrived at the most ergonomic arrangement of components. It is balanced for easy handling and tripod mounting. User friendly controls are mounted atop the unit in a natural position for the soldier’s fingertips, even when protective gear is worn.
Detailed engineering of each part in the assembly produced a design that is rugged enough to survive drop tests, withstand dust and rain storms. Weighing just 5.5 lbs, it can be comfortably carried by a soldier.
BUSINESS IMPACT
This collaboration helped BAE win the $2 billion contract to manufacture TRIGR™. This contract, together with others, added 75 jobs to BAE Systems sites in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
“We view these contracts as being part of the suite of equipment that protects our men and women in uniform,” said Micheal L. Lewis, vice president and general manager of BAE Systems soldier and vehicle solutions unit.
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