SBIR/STTR Research Award
Tactile Situational Awareness System (eTSAS2)
Award amount
$999,925Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2016Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Engineering Acoustics Incorporated
- Proposal award date
- 2016-09-15
- Contract end date
- 2019-06-14
- UEI
- MJTBFM8ZMS67
- Solicitation number
- 2016.0
- Topic code
- N07-043
Research abstract
Army Aviation has a current and future need for a solution to improve helicopter pilot Situational Awareness (SA), especially in Degraded Visual Environments (DVE).The US Army has been developing improved man-machine interfaces that increase pilots awareness of spatial orientation, including the use of non-visual tactile cueing technology for orientation information.Known as the Tactile Situation Awareness System (TSAS), a series of flight tests at Ft Rucker and Ft Eustis have shown the potential of TSAS to improve aircrew spatial awareness and reduce aircrew workload, especially in DVE.This proposal addresses the design and implementation of the next-generation tactile display system that overcomes the limitations of the existing TSAS system, as a solution for the DoD Operational Needs Statement.The aviation solution, designated eTSAS2, maintains all of the benefits of the original eTSAS but will be developed into a FAA certifiable format.
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.
- Wearable Haptics Platform to Enhance Canine Readiness and Performance
- Enhanced Computerized Dynamic Posturography (CDP) and Balance Training System for Clinic and Field Environments
- Portable Computerized Dynamic Posturography and Balance Training System to Deliver Sensory Organization Tests in Clinic and Field Environments
- Portable Computerized Dynamic Posturography and Balance Training System to Deliver Sensory Organization Tests in Clinic and Field Environments
- Wearable Electronics to Integrate Multisensory Cueing for Aircrew Mishap Prevention
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Tactile Situational Awareness System (TSAS)
- Tactile Situational Awareness System (TSAS)
- Tactile Situational Awareness System (TSAS)
- Tactile Situational Awareness System (TSAS)
- Tactile Situational Awareness System (TSAS)
Research funding history
37 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1995–2025). Reported award amounts total $17,195,648. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, National Aeronautics and Space Administration