At ŌURA, we are committed to enhancing human performance and helping U.S. service members stay mission-ready. Our work with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), our largest enterprise customer, reflects a shared commitment to empowering those who serve with secure, actionable insights that enhance mission success.

“We’re honored to be a trusted wearable of choice for the U.S. military and value our longstanding relationship with the U.S. Department of Defense,” said Tom Hale, chief executive officer of ŌURA. “We’re proud to expand manufacturing to the United States and are committed to empowering the Department of Defense with technology that prioritizes security and promotes readiness, resilience, and effectiveness to support service members and their missions.” 

Transforming Defense Operations with Human Performance Technology

Oura Ring advances defense operations across four key areas:

  • Stress management and resilience training;
  • Fitness optimization with physical stress and focused recovery;
  • Fatigue risk management through scheduling optimization to prevent placing overexerted personnel in safety-critical roles and,
  • Early illness detection to proactively alert individuals and command before illnesses spread. 

Since 2019, ŌURA has worked across the defense sector, deploying tens of thousands of rings in support of the DoD’s efforts to enhance human performance across all branches of the armed services. Compared to other wearables, Oura Ring offers a proven advantage with superior accuracy, extended battery life, enhanced privacy, and exceptional comfort. ŌURA helps service members hear what their bodies are saying so they can make adjustments for optimal performance. 

Strengthening National Defense Through Research

ŌURA is also advancing military readiness through strategic research partnerships. Following the 2017 loss of seventeen Navy sailors in two collisions linked to crew fatigue, the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) launched the Command Readiness, Endurance, and Watchstanding (CREW) program to advance fatigue research. As part of this effort, NHRC selected Oura Ring to track sleep and key biometrics. Later this year, 1,600 sailors aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group will participate in the largest volunteer study on crew fatigue to date, providing commanders with near real-time insights to manage rest and optimize performance. Every sailor in the study is equipped with an Oura Ring and access to the Oura App to manage their own readiness. Sleep data is synced to a secure Oura Enterprise Platform where it is de-identified and analyzed for NHRC to interpret and inform the Strike Group’s command about the readiness of American sailors. 

We are also working closely with active duty units to determine factors that impact soldier effectiveness, enabling biometric data informed training to enhance individual and unit level performance. Researchers in the Army have been developing a model to predict a soldier’s likelihood of successfully achieving equipment certification on their first attempt. By integrating biometric data collected by ŌURA into this predictive model, ŌURA is enabling Army researchers to take their prediction model a step further and gain new insights into factors impacting the performance of soldiers. ŌURA worked closely with Army stakeholders to equip more than 400 American soldiers with Oura Ring to monitor their biometrics before, during and after a field  exercise, where vehicle crews train and qualify on their equipment through a series of drills leading up to a live fire exercise. Initial results suggest that biometrics could be valuable predictors of operational effectiveness, and in the future could be used to inform personalized  training regimes to maximize readiness and performance.

In addition, ŌURA is collaborating with DEVCOM Soldier Center, the Airforce Research Laboratory, and the NHRC to deliver mission-ready solutions for service members. Product development efforts include building secure data collection configurations that enable offline capture from Oura Ring devices.

“In an environment where peak readiness is non-negotiable, ŌURA equips service members with the data they need to stay sharp, recover faster, and remain mission-ready,” said Colonel (Ret.) Gregory D. Gadson. “ŌURA provides vital insights that help you understand how your body responds to a wide variety of factors including exercise, stress, and sleep. I was wounded in combat and there’s no doubt that my physical conditioning played a big part in my survival. Today, Oura Ring serves as my personal health-coach, helping me stay in sync and accountable to my body, strengthening my resilience.”

Military-grade Security and Compliance

Underscoring its commitment to responsible data practices, ŌURA will be available to support population-level analysis of risk and Readiness on Palantir’s FedStart platform, which is authorized at IL5—enabling deployment of the Oura Enterprise Platform in environments with heightened security and compliance needs.

Supporting U.S. Defense with U.S. Manufacturing

To better meet the needs of the DoD, ŌURA is investing in manufacturing operations in Fort Worth, Texas. The facility will bolster the company’s global manufacturing footprint and enhance agility and specialization to meet the evolving needs of these military partnerships reinforcing U.S. operational excellence and advancing national readiness. Projected to be fully running in 2026, the facility will deploy advanced automation and innovative practices that will be scaled across all ŌURA facilities in the future.

As ŌURA continues to expand its commercial business and invest in domestic manufacturing, the company is proud to contribute to the health, readiness, and resilience of those who serve. For more details about how ŌURA supports human performance, visit ouraring.com/defense.