Vita Inclinata, a leading provider of intelligent lifting technology and solutions for aerospace and industrial construction industries, announced it has been awarded a five-year, $45.6 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Army Utility Helicopter Program Office. The sole source agreement designates Vita as the provider of the Vita Rescue System (VRS), with the scope to deliver systems, sustainment, and maintenance support across all Department of Defense agencies.

Early deliveries under the contract are scheduled for U.S. Army Active-Duty and Army National Guard units, accelerating the deployment of the VRS fleetwide following the placement on the Army’s Airworthiness Release.

“This contract is the realization of why we founded Vita,” said Caleb Carr, CEO of Vita Inclinata. “The Vita Rescue System was built for one purpose: to bring people home safely. By enabling deployment across the Department of Defense, this contract ensures more lives will be saved in the most dangerous environments.”

The VRS is an advanced autonomous stabilization system that provides the aircrew complete motion control of the rescue hoist, reducing risk to crews, patients, and equipment, while reducing overall mission time on target. Validated through airworthiness testing, end-user evaluations by the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) and Soldier Touchpoints, the VRS delivers taglineless hoisting operations up to four times faster than current tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).

Key Benefits of the Vita Rescue System:

• Enhanced Safety: Stabilizes litters and rescue devices without taglines, reducing risk to medics and ground personnel.
• Operational Speed: Precision stabilization enables hoisting operations at high speeds, allowing for rapid extraction in all environments, including woods, urban settings, jungles, and mountains.
• Maritime and Extended Operations: Waterproof to a depth of 2 meters for 30 minutes, and swappable batteries enable extended rescue operations, enhancing mission flexibility.
• Reduced Crew Burden: Autonomy lowers workload for pilots and crews in high-risk missions.

“Our partnership with the forces supported compressed engineering cycles for the product line,” said Derek Sikora, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Vita Inclinata. “Every feature of the VRS was carefully considered, vetted, and tested to meet or exceed the MEDEVAC mission objectives. This IDIQ contract broadens accessibility of the man-machine teaming solution to the broader force structure.”

The award marks Vita’s first IDIQ with the Department of Defense and underscores the company’s growing role in U.S. and allied rescue modernization efforts.