Dmaterial IP, LLC.

Overview

Combat medics, aircrews & vehicle operators lack scalable, on-demand CASEVAC & cargo solutions in contested environments. 85–95% of platforms—aircraft, watercraft, & ground vehicles—cannot move casualties or bulk cargo without rigid, pre-installed systems, resulting in dangerous delays & mission inflexibility. Rigid Inflatable Combat Systems (RICS) is a modular, inflatable system that rapidly converts any aircraft, boat, or ground vehicle into a high-capacity CASEVAC or cargo platform, doubling or tripling its usable capacity. It packs into a duffel bag, deploys without tools & integrates into the host platform without permanent modification. Selected for Army Futures Command’s Concept Focused Warfighting Experiment (CFWE), RICS is also engaged with SOFWERX, PD MEDEVAC, MECCD, & the Army Surgeon General’s Office. It is currently at TRL 6, with successful structural load testing, field inflation trials, & initial platform fitment completed. RICS is protected by patents & a proprietary RF-welding process that enables high-strength inflatable structures using UHMWPE-reinforced TPU composites. We’re entering the market through DoD experimentation, with a plan to advance to TRL 9 & begin direct sales via rapid acquisition pathways. Commercially, the same architecture will disrupt the $25B scaffolding industry with modular inflatable platforms that install 10–50× faster than rigid alternatives. My co-founder Warren Reasner has over 17 years of hands-on experience in RF-welding & inflatable systems design & manufacturing. Unlike rigid MEDVAC systems that are heavy, expensive, & vehicle-specific, RICS is universal, affordable, & field-deployable. Without RICS, operators resort to placing patients on the floor or strapping cargo in ad hoc ways—RICS fills that gap in minutes.