Awarded April 21, 2025

ARCS Aviation is pleased to announce we have been awarded a Direct-to-Phase II SBIR contract by the U.S. Army to address the ongoing shortage of qualified Army Parachute Riggers. 

Under this award, ARCS will leverage its past performance with other Department of Defense (DoD) agencies, as well as expertise in Extended Reality (XR) and Computer Vision (CV), to develop a scalable training solution with remote assistance for unqualified Parachute Riggers. The solution enables unqualified, rusty, or in-training Riggers across the Army to receive rigging guidance quickly and safely, with cross-branch applications throughout the DoD.

This technology will not only benefit the Army, but all branches of the DoD who face similar issues. This ARCS solution builds on our prior successes with defense agencies, continuing our mission to improve operational readiness through immersive solutions. This solution will accelerate Rigger operations, reducing both time and costs, while utilizing the latest technology.