Heart
Three-lead ECG on Astroskin, single-lead on Hexoskin, with heart rate and HRV.
Astroskin and Hexoskin for Defense & First Response
Know What the Mission Demands of Your People
Training, protective equipment, and heavy loads push people hard. Astroskin and Hexoskin record heart, breathing, and movement through the whole exercise, under the gear, so you can see where the demand builds and how fast people recover.
Astroskin adds three-lead ECG, SpO₂, and skin temperature for the most demanding protocols and has been used aboard the International Space Station since 2018. Hexoskin records ECG, breathing, and movement for larger groups.
Breathing
Two textile bands for breathing rate, tidal volume, and minute ventilation.
Oxygen & Temperature
Astroskin adds PPG, SpO₂, and skin temperature.
Live & Review
Live data on Android with Hexoskin OneSDK, every session in Hexoskin OneView.
Go Beyond Completion Time
A finishing time shows who completed the task, not what it cost. Astroskin and Hexoskin are worn under uniforms and protective equipment and record the heart, breathing, and movement through preparation, action, and recovery. Aligned with scenario events, the data lets you compare drills, kit, and teams on the same terms, for fire-service drills, tactical simulations, equipment trials, and fitness programs.
Explore Training, Equipment, and Review
Defense and first response teams use Astroskin and Hexoskin at three stages: in training and simulation, when evaluating loads and protective equipment, and when the data feeds live monitoring or after-action review. Start with the one closest to your program.
Training & Simulation
Follow heart, breathing, and movement through drills and simulations, from briefing to recovery.
Explore Training ResearchField Protocols & Equipment Evaluation
Compare loads, kit, and protective equipment by their physiological cost.
Explore Equipment TrialsData Integration & After Action Review
Stream data live, or bring every recording into your after-action tools.
Explore Data IntegrationSolutions Tailored to Every Use Case
Choose Astroskin for the widest set of signals, or Hexoskin to equip larger groups. Both share one recording, software, and data ecosystem.
Astroskin
A wearable system with three-lead ECG, dual-band respiration, PPG and oxygen saturation, skin temperature, and movement, for programs that need this wider combination of signals.
Explore Astroskin
Hexoskin
Smart clothing for cardiac, respiratory, and movement recording, in men’s, women’s, and junior garments. Choose Hexoskin when single-lead ECG, dual-band respiration, and activity cover the application.
Explore HexoskinWhat Your Team Gets
Live During the Session
Heart rate, breathing rate, and activity live in Hexoskin OneApp, or streamed to your own Android application with Hexoskin OneSDK.
Explore Hexoskin OneAppAfter Every Session
Full sessions, annotations, and metrics for every participant in Hexoskin OneView, with exports for your analysis.
Explore the SoftwareThe Signals Themselves
The ECG, breathing, and acceleration waveforms behind every value, with Hexoskin OneAPI access for your own tools.
Explore the Raw SignalsResearch and Evidence
Police and firefighter studies show how teams have recorded physiology in the field. Browse the full human performance and safety research.
Dress for success: Embedded health sensors in the future soldier
A Canadian military section commander wore Hexoskin through a reserve field exercise, with about 30 hours of continuous recording under a tactical load-bearing vest. The report describes one wearer and one exercise.
Read the SourcePhysiological Responses During Police Tasks
Forty police officers completed training scenarios while Hexoskin recorded heart rate and heart rate variability, compared with scenario performance grades. A study brief, not a peer-reviewed article.
Read the SourceHuman Performance & Safety Research
Hexoskin research page for human performance and safety studies in defense, aerospace, first response, and the workplace.
Read the SourceFirefighter Research Thesis
Fifty pre-service firefighters were monitored with Hexoskin at baseline and during a simulated search-and-rescue, within a structured resilience assessment.
Read the SourceCardioautonomic lability assessed by heart rate variability changes in Royal Canadian Mounted Police cadets during the cadet training program
Hexoskin recorded heart activity during the 26-week Royal Canadian Mounted Police cadet training program, and the study compared heart rate variability with anxiety screening results. Many recordings were excluded for signal artifact.
Read the SourceWhite Papers
Background reading on continuous physiological monitoring in this field. Each paper is a free download.
Operational Stress Injuries in First Responders
Operational stress injuries among first responders, and the cardiac, respiratory, and sleep measures that research has explored to detect and follow them.
Download the White PaperPlan Your Next Field Study
Tell us about the team, the equipment, and the scenario. We can recommend the platform, the software licenses, and the support to get your first recordings.