SBIR/STTR Research Award
An Optical Perception System for Sense and Avoid
Award amount
$79,983Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2015Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- UTOPIACOMPRESSION,CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- 2015-09-12
- Contract end date
- 2016-03-15
- UEI
- HR7PGAJ92Z97
- Solicitation number
- 2015.1
- Topic code
- N151-026
Research abstract
Currently, the lack of a proven Sense and Avoid (SAA) technology is the largest technological obstacle in the way of wide scale Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) deployment in the National Airspace Systems (NAS). Group 2-3 UAS, due to their small size, slow cruise speeds and climb rates; exacerbate the probability of their involvement in a Mid Air Collision (MAC). Therefore, there exists a need for a SAA solution that will enable small UAS to avoid MAC while satisfying their Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) constraints. In past work, UtopiaCompression Corporation (UC) has demonstrated the components of a passive sensor based SAA solution using both simulated and flight test data. The objective of this effort is to prove the concept of an optical SAA system and the feasibility of meeting the SWaP limitations of small UAS.
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.
- Intelligent Visual System for Maritime Applications
- Intelligent Visual System for Maritime Applications
- Ground Asset Navigation using Aerial Guidance in Contested Environments
- CO AIR - Cooperative Operation of Assets using Intelligent Reinforcements to enhance the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) capability
- Robust Target Handoff in a UAV Swarm in GPS-Denied Environments
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Multisensor Perception and Situational Awareness (MPSA) System
- Small Non-Cooperative Collision Avoidance Systems Suited to Small Tactical Unmanned Systems
- Small Non-Cooperative Collision Avoidance Systems Suited to Small Tactical Unmanned Systems
- Small Non-Cooperative Collision Avoidance Systems Suited to Small Tactical Unmanned Systems
- Compact Non-Cooperative Collision-Avoidance Kit for Tactical UAS
Research funding history
121 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2004–2025). Reported award amounts total $42,524,603. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy