Philippine Assault Lightweight

Military Armor (P.A.L.M.A.)

Abayon, Marcus Moziah
Carballo, Gabriel
Godoy, Gerard Steven
Palma, Katherine
Introduction

DEPARTMENT OF
NATIONAL DEFENSE
 Introduction

National defenseadvancement
Technological and technology
are the
improves linked together
security system
Introduction

Technological advancement
improves the equipment used in
combats and operations
 Background
Tactical
Assault
TALOS
Light
Operator
XOS 2
Suit
(TALOS)
Exoskeleton
 Gap / Problem
Not yet fully developed
until today

Philippines lacked in
P.A.L.M.A. technological advancement
in terms of national defense

Huge number of
casualties during war
Significance &
Objectives To increase the ability of the Philippine
army to reduce the fatalities.

To improve the cognitive and motor skills of the

P.A.L.M.A. soldiers in the Philippines.

To decrease the fatigue levels of Philippine soldiers.

To keep track and give feedback about the

wearer’s vitals and health information.

To increase the optimum performance levels

of Philippine soldiers.
Prototype Features and Design for
P.A.L.M.A. Operator Suit
Philippine Assault Lightweight Military Armor
Heads-up Display for
Operator Helmet
 Ballistic-resisting Inner Suit

Graphene/Carbon
Nanotubes (CNTs)

Researchers from Rice University have

demonstrated that firing microscopic
projectiles at multilayer graphene sheets
provides a measure of difficulty for penetration
of graphene on the nanoscale (Milne, 2014).
Wearable Solar-Powered
Inner Suit

Japanese researchers have developed an

ultraflexible organic photovoltaic (OPV)
that achieves sufficient thermal stability of
up to 120 °C and a high power conversion
efficiency of 10% with a total thickness of
3 microns (Wang, 2018).
Wearable and Wireless
Biosensor

A study by Campbell, Kim, Esteban-Fernandez

de Avila and Wang in 2019 entitled “Wearable
Biosensors for Healthcare Monitoring” covers
a development of a potential miniaturized and
flexible biosensor that would effectively
monitor the wearer’s vitals.
Exoskeleton

In 2018, the U.S. Army Natick

Soldier Research, Development
and Engineering Center was the
first to identify, evaluate and
transition exoskeleton technology
to the Army.
Conclusions Track the wearer’s
vitals and detect
Increase soldier heath information
performance on the or injuries
battlefield

Increase the Heighten wearer’s

wearer’s chances cognitive and
of surviving on motor skills that
the battlefield could prove to be
Could be beneficial in
achieved in the combat
Philippines by
2035
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