SBIR/STTR Research Award
Lighter-Than-Air Optical Platform
Award amount
$67,803Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1994Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Applied Research Associates, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- LTMGBJ76B9D8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A miniaturized lighter-than-air (LTA) unmanned air vehicle (UAV) is proposed as a low altitude, station keeping, optical instrumentation platform. The advanced airship design will be derived from parameters developed during the successful Small Aerostat Surveillance System, Low Intensity Target Exploitation (SASS LITE) UAV program. This miniature airship developed by Applied Research Associates, Inc., (ARA) meets the Navy requirements for speed, stability, and endurance on-station. The Phase I activity will include a comprehensive assessment of the platform mission, definition of required functions, functional analysis to support selection of components, synthesis of multiple LTA concepts, and concept evaluation and selection decisions. Testing and modeling of critical components will be undertaken to support decisions and risk reduction. Phase I will result in a prototype specification with supporting rationale and verification test results of high risk components.
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.
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Research funding history
128 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2001). Reported award amounts total $21,802,481. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency
Contractor profile
APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC.
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Agency intelligence
NAICS intelligence
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