SBIR/STTR Research Award
MICROWAVE POWERED HALE AIRCRAFT
Award amount
$49,997Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- CENTER FOR REMOTE SENSING, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE NEED FOR A LONG ENDURANCE AIRCRAFT WHICH REQUIRES NO REFUELLING AND CAN PROVIDE SURVEILLANCE FOR NAVAL TASK GROUPS HAS BECOME EVIDENT. THE PROPOSED AIRCRAFT FOR THIS APPLICATION IS A MICROWAVE POWERED HALE PLANE. WITH THE USE OF MICROWAVE POWER BEAMING THE AIRCRAFT CAN BE CONTINUOUSLY ENERGIZED WHICH WOULD ALLOW MISSION DURATIONS OF MONTHS. THIS FIRST PHASE OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT WILL DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF SUCH AN AIRCRAFT AND THE ASSOCIATED MICROWAVE POWER BEAMING SYSTEM. TECHNOLOGY DEFICIENCIES WILL BE INDICATED WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR FURTHER WORK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HALE AIRCRAFT.
Technology keywords
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