SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Capability Portable Foreign Object Debris (FOD) Removal System for Naval Aircraft
Award amount
$599,892Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2018Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGIES OF TENNESSEE
- Proposal award date
- 2018-08-08
- Contract end date
- 2020-07-16
- UEI
- E6CUK8AP7PY1
- Solicitation number
- 16.2
- Topic code
- N162-104
Research abstract
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) spends tens of millions annually on foreign object debris (FOD) damages related to the AV-8B Program and the DOD up to $100 million in total on FOD related problems. RTT proposes to create mechanized, semi-automated and autonomous solutions to clear and maintain FOD free workspace areas in the three targeted FOD problem areas. This Phase 2 effort focuses on creating commercial ready systems based on early “alpha prototypes” demonstrated in Phase 1. RTT addresses FOD removal in a multi-part strategy that combines (1) scheduling; (2) removal tools; (3) manipulation of these tools and (4) coverage maps.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- High Capability Portable Foreign Object Debris (FOD) Removal System for Naval Aircraft
- High Capability Portable Foreign Object Debris (FOD) Removal System for Naval Aircraft
- STTR Phase II: Development of a Remote Climbing Robot for Automating Welding Processes in the Shipbuilding Industry
- STTR Phase I: Development of a Remote Climbing Robot for Automating Welding Processes in the Ship Building Industry
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
5 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2007–2024). Reported award amounts total $2,199,223. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Science Foundation