SBIR/STTR Research Award
Development of a Sensor System for Reliable, Automated Detection of Surfaced Swimmers
Award amount
$99,910Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2005Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- METRON INCORPORATED
- Proposal award date
- 2004-12-21
- Contract end date
- 2005-09-30
- UEI
- EN78W198KUG7
- Solicitation number
- 2004.3
- Topic code
- N04-228
Research abstract
Metron proposes to develop Likelihood Ratio Tracking (LRT) for available Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) sensor systems to automatically detect unauthorized swimmers in the water around key instillations and ships. Metron proposes to team with a producer of COTS sensor systems (such as Klein Associates, Inc. or Thales) where we can draw on extensive experience in using LRT in various successful Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) applications. The LRT methodology has proven effective in reducing false alarms and clutter in radar detection of periscopes in heavy clutter, and we believe that this same methodology could dramatically improve the performance of current COTS systems.
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.
- OAML Modernization and Cyber Hardening -- 24-066
- Reliable and Explainable Data-driven Methods for ELINT Signal Detection/Classification -- 25-012
- Multi-target Bayesian Tracking Phase II - 24-072
- Multi-source Data Ingestion for Warfighters -- 25-037
- NAVSEA Open Topic for Operations and Logistics in a Contested Environment: Enhance Mission Capabilities of USV/UUV and Systems
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- MP 38-06 Automated Swimmer Detection via Likelihood Ratio Tracking
- Automated Swimmer Recongition Algorithms for the HarborGuard Intrusion Detection System
- Automated Swimmer Recongition Algorithms for the HarborGuard Intrusion Detection System
Research funding history
194 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1988–2025). Reported award amounts total $79,536,370. 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, Department of Commerce, Department of Health and Human Services