SBIR/STTR Research Award
Aircrew Personnel Lowering Device
Award amount
$99,963Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Wizbe Industries, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2006-04-24
- Contract end date
- 2007-02-24
- UEI
- LK2CLHLLZMH8
- Solicitation number
- 2006.1
- Topic code
- AF06-020
Research abstract
The Air Force has a need for an innovative solution to help parachutists that become trapped in trees or wires lower themselves to the ground safely and easily. The current personnel lowering device being used by the Air Force is bulky and inconvenient to use. Wizbe Innovations is proposing to develop an aircrew personnel lowering device expected to be simple to use, lightweight, and compact. Unlike the system currently being used or other conventional rappelling systems that requires the person being lowered to manually let the rope out, the proposed system will be automatically controlled to keep a constant rate even with different loads. In the Phase I, Wizbe Innovations plans to develop a working prototype capable of meeting the Air Forces requirements. In Phase II, the device will be tested by the Air Force and Wizbe Innovations will prepare a manufacturing process to make the devices.
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.
- Customized Hardened Composite Replacement for Heavy Transport Trailers
- Airfoil Controlled Glide and Directional Control
- Fabric with Variable Air Permeability for Use in Parachutes
- Next Generation Textiles for Multi-Threat Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Fabric with Variable Air Permeability for Use in Parachutes
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Advanced Aircrew Personnel Lowering Device
- NANOFIBER NONWOVEN BASED AIRCREW PERSONNEL LOWERING DEVICE
- Aircrew Personnel Lowering Device
- Advanced Aircrew Personnel Lowering Device
Research funding history
6 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2006–2020). Reported award amounts total $1,276,193. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, National Aeronautics and Space Administration