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Nautilus Defense announces e-textile breakthrough 

What's New? | July 15, 2024 | By:

An IUVA-developed chiplet is directly attached to 2D textile network at a 180µm pitch. Photo: Nautilus Defense.

Rhode Island defense technology company Nautilus Defense announces a critical advancement in the field of electronic textiles by successfully demonstrating the world’s first direct die attach of chiplets to embroidered conductive yarns at a 180µm pitch, a space between yarns that is as thin as a single hair. This technological milestone is an important step toward the scalable manufacture of leading-edge sensor systems that look and feel like the fabrics people wear every day.

“Textiles are simultaneously one of the most ubiquitous, impactful, and unassuming technologies developed in human history. With support from IARPA and collaborations with private industry and higher education, Nautilus is advancing the state of the art in textile-integrated sensor systems,” said Jim Owens, CEO of Nautilus Defense. “We are proud to be a pioneer in the rapidly evolving advanced textile industry. The technological advancements we are making at Nautilus will strengthen our national security, create new economic opportunities in our region, and accelerate strategic research initiatives across a range of industries.”

Nautilus, through its participation in IARPA’s Smart Electrically Powered and Networked Textile Systems (SMART ePANTS) initiative, is developing novel textile-electronics integration technologies that will enable the development and domestic manufacture of innovative products for national defense, medical, aerospace and other applications. Nautilus has partnered in the SMART ePANTS program with industry and academic leaders including GE Aerospace, TRX Systems, Centeye, Anthro Energy, Arachne Labs, the University of Virginia and the University of Michigan. 

This research is based upon work supported in part by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), via N66001-23-C-4514.

“Nautilus Defense’s newest technology– developed right here in Rhode Island– is a testament to the state’s longstanding leadership in manufacturing and textiles,” said U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, who convened the Rhode Island Textile Innovation Network to guide growth of the state’s textile industry in the twenty-first century. Nautilus, headquartered in Pawtucket, R.I., was founded in 2013 and has grown to become a leader in the development and production of advanced textile-integrated systems. 

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