SBIR/STTR Research Award
Ultra-lightweight and Compact Hybrid System
Award amount
$150,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2016Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- WINDLIFT INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2016-04-07
- Contract end date
- 2017-07-06
- UEI
- MY6KUXGLF1F4
- Solicitation number
- 2015.3
- Topic code
- N153-129
Research abstract
The Windlift MPWES will utilize proven principle of airborne wind energy to improve the energy density of man portable renewable energy systems by an more than an order of magnitude relative to existing systems such as the Ground Renewable Expeditionary Energy Network System (GREENS) project. The MPWES system will deploy a 75 lb., tethered quadcopter coupled to a 145 lb., 10kW-hr battery pack capable of generating 7.5 kW (peak) and 1.7 kW (average).
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.
- Floating Platform for Cost-effective Airborne Wind Energy Offshore
- LEEPFROG (Logistics Enterprise Enhancement Platform - Force Readiness Optimization/Gamification
- Man Portable Wind Energy System
- Rapidly Deployable Trailer Mounted Airborne Wind Energy System
- Rapidly Deployable Trailer Mounted Airborne Wind Energy System
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
- Ultra-Lightweight Expeditionary Power System (U-LEPS)
- Ultra-Lightweight Expeditionary Power System (U-LEPS)
- Compact Highly Integrated Hybrid Power System
Research funding history
6 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2011–2023). Reported award amounts total $2,065,646. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy