BEMOWO PISKIE, Poland — The 68th Theater Medical Command brought U.S. Soldiers, evaluators, partner nation observers, and industry partners together at Bemowo Piskie Training Area, Poland, May 9-11, 2026, for the Autonomous Triage and Treatment Challenge, an event designed to test emerging medical technologies that could help medics make faster, better-informed decisions on the battlefield.
The challenge focused on one of combat medic’s most difficult tasks: how to sort, monitor and treat casualties when time is of the essence, resources are limited and operations continue under pressure.
Instead of evaluating new tools in a laboratory or hospital setting, organizers placed them in the field, where Soldiers would actually be...
