SBIR/STTR Research Award

Enhanced Riverine Drifter

Award identifier 7d572f44802b599e5cc3f0c7ae65283bfd9037cafdf20daf79c913098be64364Awarding agency Department of Defense · Navy

Award amount

$100,000

Program and phase

STTR · Phase I

Award year

2010

Award details

Awarding agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Recipient company: TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION
Proposal award date: 2010-06-28
Contract end date: 2011-04-30
UEI: PK1CB3L39XX8
Solicitation number: 2010.A
Topic code: N10A-T024

Research abstract

The Navy has need of assessing the river environment including bathymetry, flow velocity profile, and navigational obstructions. While improvements in measurement fidelity and reduction in cost have come about by the use of multiple drifters, measurement quality is lost due to convergent drifter trajectories, and cost/risk remains high due to personnel effort required for deployment. An autonomous river measurement system capable of self deployment and of detecting and evading collisions with floating debris is desired. Toyon proposes to assess the feasibility of its proposed Wapter autonomous system (water-helicopter): a combination of a ducted fan hovering UAV coupled with a unique multi functional trimaran hull well-suited to stream measurement.

Technology keywords

Not reported

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Research funding history

601 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1986–2026). Reported award amounts total $249,287,075. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II

Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, Department of Homeland Security, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Energy