SBIR/STTR Research Award
Air-Droppable At-Sea In-Water Lifting System
Award amount
$79,991Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2015Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- TURNAROUND FACTOR, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2015-07-06
- Contract end date
- 2016-05-06
- UEI
- HVYMKMSL4V68
- Solicitation number
- 2015.1
- Topic code
- N151-061
Research abstract
To support Advanced Force Sea-Basing (AFSB) efforts, the TAF Lifters innovative Heave Compensating air-droppable self-deploying lifting ramp matches the motion of semi-submerged ISO containers and safely pulls them on deck. The TAF Lifter utilizes the buoyancy of the ship and ensures a safe standoff distance of retrieved cargo. It works out of the box with a wide range of ships and easily adapts to a large variety of mission needs, including small craft or AUV launch and recovery. With its smart controls, mooring the Lifter to ship and lifting ISO containers to deck requires minimal crew effort. Its power pack and winch are modular and can removed based on mission parameters. The TAF Lifter can be pre-positioned in higher sea states due to its stable configuration.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
21 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2013–2025). Reported award amounts total $11,308,682. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense