SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Sea State Automated Deployment and Retrieval of Towed Bodies from a Small Surface Platform
Award amount
$2,793,251Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2015Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- PacMar Technologies LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2015-09-30
- Contract end date
- 2019-06-30
- UEI
- L1WZRB6JKWJ4
- Solicitation number
- 14.1
- Topic code
- N141-058
Research abstract
This objective of this proposal is to demonstrate an automated towed-body Deployment-Retrieval (D-R) system on ACTUV. A control system monitors ship motions and the relative distance between the water surface and deck at the stern. Data from the sensors are processed and the optimal time to release or capture the payload is determine and executed. The D-R system is intended to prevent damage due to collisions between the towed body and mother ship during launch and retrieval processes. Inflatable drop stitch panels are used to form a structure that restricts the movement of the payload when it is suspended above the water as it is being released and captured. In this project the D-R system evolves from a demonstration system on a half scale boat to a system installed on ACTUV capable of accommodating a MK-104 or the NUWC Nosed-towed body.
Technology keywords
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Other awards by this recipient
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- Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vehicle Fueling at Sea
- Amphibious Platform for Missile Launch
- Wireless Power Transfer
- Open Topic for Persistent Experimentation
- High Reliability Flame Detector
Awards with the same topic code
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- High Sea State Automated Deployment and Retrieval of Towed Bodies from a Small Surface Platform
- Automated Deployment&Retrieval of UUV's from USV's at High Sea States
- High Sea State Automated Deployment and Retrieval of Towed Bodies from a Small Surface Platform
- High Sea State Automated Deployment and Retrieval of Towed Bodies from a Small Surface Platform
Research funding history
57 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2025). Reported award amounts total $39,694,517. 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
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