SBIR/STTR Research Award
Dynamic Control Surfaces for Extreme Maneuvers of UUVs
Award amount
$70,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2010Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS COMPANY, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2009-12-22
- Contract end date
- 2010-06-29
- UEI
- C12TQVKF5413
- Solicitation number
- 2009.2
- Topic code
- N092-143
Research abstract
By exploiting fish locomotion principles, we are going to address truly difficult control challenges such as station keeping under large perturbations, rapid maneuvering, and trajectory planning and tracking. The analysis of biological control surface design, composition, and capabilities will be applied to nautical vessels to enhance performance and maneuverability and reduce detection. We will study the optimal shape and size of the control surfaces to reduce drag and increase thrust. The trade-off between stability and maneuverability is also an important design factor. In collaboration with Prof. Michael Triantafyllou (MIT) and Prof. David Barret (Olin College) we will demonstrate our results on small UUVs in their state-of-the-art laboratories.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Awards with the same topic code
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- MANEUVER, Integrated Approach for Dynamic Unsteady Situation Control Surface Development
- Bioinspired High-Performance Hydrofoils (BIOFOILS) for Future Naval Undersea Vehicles
- MANEUVER, Integrated Approach for Dynamic Unsteady Situation Control Surface Development
Research funding history
464 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $186,567,405. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security