SBIR/STTR Research Award
Innovative Wheel Control Technologies for Mechanical Counter Mine Equipment
Award amount
$69,980Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2010Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- GS ENGINEERING INC
- Proposal award date
- 2010-03-16
- Contract end date
- 2010-09-16
- UEI
- DXQNDRLMNY25
- Solicitation number
- 2009.3
- Topic code
- A09-184
Research abstract
GS Engineering (GSE) will develop improvements to current US Army mine rollers that will improve ground-following performance and reduce wheel hop by 50 – 90%, with increased mobility and increased effective threat clearing speed. This will be accomplished by applying advanced suspension technologies to the system, subsystem design changes for improved dynamic stability at high speeds, subsystem improvements for more efficient application of roller down force, and structural optimization of the roller arm assembly. These improvements will also lead to reduced power requirements. GSE’s initial designs have predicted significant performance improvements by reducing wheel hop by over 90%, as compared to current SPARK mine rollers.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Data Converter Cabinet for AEGIS Weapon System MK99 Fire Control System
- GS Engineering Phase II REAPr
- M997A3 Chassis Suspension Improvements
- Remote Expeditionary Autonomous Pioneer System
- Digital Firing Device
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
53 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1994–2025). Reported award amounts total $19,692,946. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Transportation, Department of Agriculture, National Aeronautics and Space Administration