SBIR/STTR Research Award
Best Look Fusion for cUAS Engagements
Award amount
$1,795,786Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- OPTO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INC
- Proposal award date
- 2024-07-16
- Contract end date
- 2026-10-30
- UEI
- RJH6GQUD3BT5
- Solicitation number
- 24.1
- Topic code
- AF241-D015
Research abstract
The Air Force and US DoD are seeking collaborative automatic target engagement (ATA) capabilities that leverage AI/ML techniques to provide high confidence in correct target classifications for target prosecution. Given that different sensors provide different views / perspectives on target, the objective is to provide a fusion-based approach that leverages the best look(s) from different sensors to provide robust ATA. To this end, OKSI is providing a best-look solution that leverages existing APKWS hardware to provide advanced cUAS capabilities, however, the same solution could be adapted and applied to both ground-to-ground and/or air-to-ground applications in the future.
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.
- CAS sensor for ISRU propellant production
- Threat Detection from Space in the UV-IR (TD-UVIR).
- A Generalized Mobile Target Tracking (MTT) Solution for Loitering Munitions
- Optical probe for static pressure measurements in vitiated flows for ground test facilities
- In-line, real-time gas sensor utilizing a novel, multi-modal spectroscopy concept
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
180 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1991–2025). Reported award amounts total $90,018,148. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Commerce