SBIR/STTR Research Award
Compact, lightweight Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) with robust navigation and range for riverine reconnaissance
Award amount
$499,929Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2012Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- SEALANDAIRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2011-10-21
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- M832S92BP7S3
- Solicitation number
- 2010.2
- Topic code
- N102-182
Research abstract
A small, lightweight, man-packable Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) would provide significant advantages for covert reconnaissance and mapping applications in riverine environments. Presently, the smallest AUVs used by the Navy are still too heavy (approximately 40 lbs dry weight) and were not designed to operate effectively in the complex shallow water environment of rivers. Through Phase 1 SBIR funding, SeaLandAire team has developed an ultra-light (~15 lbs) Compact Riverine AUV (CRAUV) design for mapping submerged obstacles. Several innovative concepts have allowed us to maintain performance margins while reducing cost, weight, and power consumption. Building on our Phase 1 success, we are proposing to fabricate and test the CRAUV in a realistic riverine environment utilizing Phase 2 SBIR funds.
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.
- Mid-Frequency Active Sonobuoy Development
- Direct-to-Phase II F2-WARS Sonobuoy
- Expanding Mission Capability of ADARO Small Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) through Innovative Cost Reduction Methodologies
- Miniaturized High Data Rate Sonobuoy Tether
- Miniaturized Sonobuoy High-Data-Rate Tether
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Compact, lightweight Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
- Compact, lightweight Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
- Compact, lightweight Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) with robust navigation and range for riverine reconnaissance
- AUV for Sustained Riverine and Littoral Assessments
- Maritime Critical Infrastructure Protection and Security Unmanned Surface Vessel
Research funding history
57 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2025). Reported award amounts total $24,234,799. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Commerce