Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division have provided essential feedback on the future MEDEVAC cabin design within the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft, or FLRAA, requirements.

As part of a special user evaluation, critical care flight paramedics of the 3-82 General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade and combat medics of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division provided feedback and suggestions as their teams conducted various scenarios within the Future MEDEVAC Cabin Technical Demonstrator, or FMC-TD. The Future of Medical Evacuation

The Future MEDEVAC Cabin is a large-scale project that combines the expertise of engineers, designers, and end users, such as medics and pilots, working in parallel with the development of the FLRAA. Maj. Nicholas Toney, the assistant MEDEVAC product manager with PEO-Aviation, stated, “The goal and the aim of the Future MEDEVAC Cabin is to get inputs from critical care flight paramedics from across the Army. Fort Liberty is the first stop of six in Fiscal Year 25. This device demonstrates numerous different cabin configurations that we could employ in the future MEDEVAC Aircraft.”

Maj. Gen. Anthony McQueen, the deputy surgeon general of the United States Army, stated, “Historically, end-users were not involved in the design process, resulting in less capable aircraft. We are committed to changing this approach, ensuring that the future MEDEVAC aircraft is designed with the patients’ needs in mind to deliver the best possible care, while concurrently enhancing the effectiveness of enroute care.”

The MedRAS is led by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command and the Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center, with developments by the Naval Air Systems.