SBIR/STTR Research Award

Autonomous Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles without Global Positioning System

Award identifier 94bd6174c5e5290b9d29e2f7ac558ff99873215ab6e52e863f47caabd0d85e26Awarding agency Department of Defense · Army

Award amount

$119,999

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

2006

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Defense
Branch
Army
Recipient company
TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION
Proposal award date
2006-11-13
Contract end date
2007-10-19
UEI
PK1CB3L39XX8
Solicitation number
2006.2
Topic code
A06-001

Research abstract

Toyon will develop an obstacle avoidance sensor and flight control system for small unmanned aerial vehicles or (SUAVs) and micro air vehicles (MAVs) operating in cluttered urban and indoor environments. The enabling component of this system is Toyon’s Hybrid Fixed Inertial (HyFI) sensor suite. HyFI is a compact, lightweight, self-contained position sensor that incorporates inertial measurement, ultrasonic object tracking, and passive optical sensing. Toyon will develop a flight control algorithm that matches the HyFI sensor characteristics with the platform dynamics of a selected MAV. The flight performance of the HyFI-equipped MAV will be evaluated in a physical environment simulation.

Technology keywords

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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

Contractor profile

TOYON RESEARCH CORPORATION

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Agency intelligence

Department of Defense

NAICS intelligence

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Contractor industry classification NAICS 541512

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