SBIR/STTR Research Award
Ultra-Lightweight Expeditionary Power System (U-LEPS)
Award amount
$749,405Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2017Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- WECOSO, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2017-09-25
- Contract end date
- 2019-06-24
- UEI
- JMRJNYURJ9F6
- Solicitation number
- 2015.3
- Topic code
- N153-129
Research abstract
West Coast Solutions (WCS) is developing a 1 kW class expeditionary solar-lithium battery power system architected for the lightest practical weight and maximum operational robustness. The Ultra-Lightweight Expeditionary Power System (U-LEPS) provides a 50% reduction in the battery and support electronics weight relative to presently-fielded systems, with additional weight reduction at the system level enabled by the WCS unique electronics architecture. By eliminating non-value added complexity, U-LEPS is inherently robust and easy to use. The Phase II Technical Approach focuses on the most significant technical challenges with the overall goal of exiting Phase II with a straightforward, low risk path to productization and full commercialization.
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.
- Multi-Channel Stirling Convertor Space Controller (MC-SCSC)
- New Space Cryocoolers - High Frequency, Low SWaP, and Low Cost
- Thermoradiative Solar Power Scavenging for Satellites
- Miniature 30K Cryocooler
- Multi-Channel Stirling Convertor Space Controller (MC-SCSC)
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- ULEPS Supplemental Phase II Proposal
- Man Portable Wind Energy System
- Ultra-Lightweight Expeditionary Power System (U-LEPS)
- Ultra-lightweight and Compact Hybrid System
- Compact Highly Integrated Hybrid Power System
Research funding history
25 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2016–2025). Reported award amounts total $15,944,480. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense