SBIR/STTR Research Award
TERRAIN HAZARD DETECTOR SENSOR
Award amount
$285,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1984Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- A.k. Engineering
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE TERRAIN HAZARD DETECTION SENSOR MEASURES THE CONTOUR OF THE TERRAIN IN FRONT OF A MOVING VEHICLE PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT TERRAIN SLOPE. IT MEASURES THE SIZE OF OBJECTS IN THE VEHICLE PATH AND ISSUES COMMANDS TO THE VEHICLE WHEN THE OBJECT IS TOO LARGE FOR THE VEHICLE TO PASS OVER AND ALSO MEASURES SIZES OF HOLES AND DITCHES IN THE VEHICLE PATH TO INSURE THAT THE VEHICLE CAN SAFELY PASS OVER THEM.
Technology keywords
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