SBIR/STTR Research Award
Tethered VTOL Comms Relay Powered by Laser over Fiber
Award amount
$79,671Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2013Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- LaserMotive, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2013-06-28
- Contract end date
- 2013-12-28
- UEI
- PL4BQG3SN6U6
- Solicitation number
- 2013.1
- Topic code
- N131-039
Research abstract
Analyze a tethered VTOL system capable of carrying and maintaining the required communications relay components to at least 500 feet AGL for up to four days continuously. The VTOL and comms relay package receive power delivered using laser power from the surface vehicle over fiber optic cable and converted into electricity on-board the VTOL craft via photovoltaics. Such a system is smaller, lighter weight, and much easier to deploy and recover than any lighter than air solution (aerostat).
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.
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Aerostat Communications Relay from Unmanned Surface Vehicle
- Aerostat Communications Relay from Unmanned Surface Vehicle
- MODULAR AEROSTAT COMMUNICATIONS RELAY (MACREL)
Research funding history
2 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2013–2021). Reported award amounts total $201,342. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration