SBIR/STTR Research Award
KCF/PSU Smart Tether Retrofit Device for Localization of Tethered Bodies
Award amount
$499,923Program and phase
STTR · Phase IIAward year
2005Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- KCF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2005-09-20
- Contract end date
- 2007-09-20
- UEI
- TE4JC4WHGQF5
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- N04-T020
Research abstract
A method is needed to measure the location of a submerged body relative to a tethered buoy. The initial defined Navy need for this technology is underwater unmanned vehicles used in mine identification and neutralization. Crawling vehicles require a 60-70 foot tether, while swimming vehicles require up to an 1800 foot tether. This creates a large error circle for localization of the tether. Our strategy is to develop a simple and robust device to sense the tether orientation, and couple this with a Smart Tether algorithm to provide watch circle correction in real time.
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.
- Noninvasive Hydration Monitor for Challenging Environments
- Integrated Constant Speed Drive Input Shaft Monitor
- SmartDiagnostics and Prognostics for Navy Aircraft Asset Management
- Sustained Maintenance Planning Software
- Smart-Tether-Based Automated Hull Grooming
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Acoustic Intensity Localization System
- KCF/PSU Smart Tether Retrofit Device for Localization of Tethered Bodies
- Smart Tether for Relative Localization of Moored and Towed Bodies
- Smart Tether for Relative Localization of Moored and Towed Bodies
Research funding history
47 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2002–2019). Reported award amounts total $15,636,762. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation