SBIR/STTR Research Award
Terminal Guidance for Autonomous Aerial Refueling
Award amount
$69,833Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2010Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Advanced Optical Systems, Inc
- Proposal award date
- 2010-08-03
- Contract end date
- 2011-02-02
- UEI
- VY8ANDKL5ZJ7
- Solicitation number
- 2010.1
- Topic code
- N101-073
Research abstract
Advanced Optical Systems Proximity Operations Measurements System (POMS) for terminal guidance during Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) provides relative position and attitude, all 6 Degrees of Freedom (DoF), in a manner similar to that sensed by a human pilot. POMS recognizes and locates features on the tanker and drogue with a sensor on the UAS and converts the relative location of those features into 6 DoF via an inverse perspective algorithm (IPA). In addition to allowing for hookup to the drogue, the extension from 3 DoF to 6 DoF improves formation flying by sensing tanker maneuvers.
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.
- Advanced Vehicle Recovery System (AVRS)
- Semi-Autonomous, Reliable, Safe Recovery of the Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) in Various Sea States.
- Innovative Sensor Packaging and Testing
- Rapid Assembly and Alignment of Electro-Optical Sensor Payloads
- Innovative Sensor Packaging and Testing
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Terminal Guidance for Autonomous Aerial Refueling
- Terminal Guidance for Autonomous Aerial Refueling
- Terminal Guidance for Autonomous Aerial Refueling
- Terminal Guidance for Autonomous Aerial Refueling
- VisNav AAR: Robust Sensor System for Terminal Guidance
Research funding history
44 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1986–2015). Reported award amounts total $14,772,953. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration