SBIR/STTR Research Award
OUR TECHNICAL APPROACH TO ASSESSING THE VALUE AND FEASIBILITY OF RV DELIVERED DAMAGE ASSESSMENT SENSORS IS BUILT UPON OUR SUCCESSFUL APPROACH OF ANALYZING, DEFINING, DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING AN AIR FORCE RUNWAY REPAIR AIRBORNE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM.
Award amount
$79,932Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Verac Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
OUR TECHNICAL APPROACH TO ASSESSING THE VALUE AND FEASIBILITY OF RV DELIVERED DAMAGE ASSESSMENT SENSORS IS BUILT UPON OUR SUCCESSFUL APPROACH OF ANALYZING, DEFINING, DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING AN AIR FORCE RUNWAY REPAIR AIRBORNE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM. THE APPROACH CALLS FOR A CAREFUL PROBLEM DEFINITION WHICH INCLUDES ASSESSMENT OF CONCEPT OPTIONS AND DAMAGE OBSERVABLE DATA BASES, FOLLOWED BY THE DEFINITION OF POTENTIALLY PROMISING SYSTEM CONCEPTS WHICH INCLUDES SENSOR ON DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM DEFINITION AND SIZING. FINALLY A CONCEPT ANALYSIS EFFORT TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF THE CANDIDATE CONCEPTS BASED ON PRIOR TECHNOLOGY AND DELIVERY PLATFORM CONSTRAINTS. THIS PROCESS OF PROBLEM DEFINITION, CANDIDATE CONCEPT DEFINITION AND CONCEPT ANALYSIS WILL PROVIDE A VERY ACCURATE AND SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF THE VALUE AND FEASIBILITY OF REALISTICALLY DELIVERED DAMAGE ASSESSMENT SENSOR AND PROVIDE THE AF WITH THE NECESSARY INFORMATION TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO PURSUE THIS POTENTIALLY HIGH PAYOFF CONCEPT. THIS TECHNICAL APPROACH LED TO THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ADVANCED DAMAGE ASSESSMENT PROBLEM FOR THE TACTICAL AIR FORCE. THIS IS A VERY LOW RISK APPROACH WITH A VERY HIGH POTENTIAL PAYOFF BASED ON VERAC'S PAST EFFORTS AND EMINENTLY QUALIFIED TECHNICAL PERSONNEL.
Technology keywords
Not reported