SBIR/STTR Research Award
Low Power Multibeam Echo Sounder for Small AUVs
Award amount
$74,682Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2005Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Commerce
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- RD INSTRUMENTS
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- NOAA-2005-1
- Topic code
- 8.4.3
Research abstract
This Phase I proposal is to establish the technical feasibility of developing a low-power multibeam echo sounder for small AUVs for hydrographic survey applications. The proposed approach will leverage innovative electronics, signal processing, and transducer design techniques with modern industrial and RDI-developed technologies to provide a system, which meets the technical requirements for the defined mission. The proposed system is expected to have performance capabilities similar to those typically used on surface craft and larger underwater vehicles, while being small enough to fit into an AUV with a diameter of less than 8-inches while requiring only 15W of power.
Technology keywords
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