SBIR/STTR Research Award
Expendable Direct Sensing for AUV Based Geotechnical Survey Operations
Award amount
$749,936Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2016Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- METRON INCORPORATED
- Proposal award date
- 2016-02-01
- Contract end date
- 2017-07-31
- UEI
- EN78W198KUG7
- Solicitation number
- 2014.0
- Topic code
- N14A-T022
Research abstract
There is a documented high priority Navy need to substantially reduce Mine Countermeasures (MCM) tactical survey mine hunting and neutralization timelines in support of relevant Operational Plans (OPLANs) and Concept of Operation Plans (CONPLANs). Hence there is also a need to minimize the time and resources required to conduct MCM baseline surveys (and re-surveys) in key Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside Continent United States (OCONUS) Maritime Homeland Security (MHS) and Navy areas of interest (AOIs). Hence the purpose of the innovative autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) based geotechnical survey operations related sensing and processing initiatives proposed here is to investigate advanced, but low cost, AUV based, on-the-fly doctrinal bottom type (DBT) direct measurement approaches in Navy/MHS areas of interest.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- OAML Modernization and Cyber Hardening -- 24-066
- Reliable and Explainable Data-driven Methods for ELINT Signal Detection/Classification -- 25-012
- Multi-target Bayesian Tracking Phase II - 24-072
- Multi-source Data Ingestion for Warfighters -- 25-037
- NAVSEA Open Topic for Operations and Logistics in a Contested Environment: Enhance Mission Capabilities of USV/UUV and Systems
Awards with the same topic code
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- Seabed Imaging System
- Seabed Imaging System
- Expendable Direct Sensing for AUV Based Geotechnical Survey Operations
Research funding history
194 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1988–2025). Reported award amounts total $79,536,370. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Commerce, Department of Health and Human Services