SBIR/STTR Research Award
Ensuring Trustworthy On-Orbit Autonomy with Assurance Cases and Calibrated Metrics of Trust
Award amount
$74,845Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- EDGE CASE RESEARCH INC
- Proposal award date
- 2024-05-10
- Contract end date
- 2024-08-19
- UEI
- HTS8PL9HG6Y1
- Solicitation number
- X24.5
- Topic code
- AFX245-PCSO2
Research abstract
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) depends on novel autonomy technology for on-orbit tasking from maintenance to offensive capabilities. Complex, unpredictable orbital conditions and operational situations pose “unknown unknowns” that can lead to unexpected mission failures. Mission-critical applications such as nuclear power & aviation rely on assurance cases to evaluate the dependability of complex systems. On this project we will develop an assurance case framework for the USSF linked to calibrated metrics of trust that deploys methods we developed for OUSD(R&E) Center for Calibrated Trust Measurement & Evaluation.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Autonomous Internal Exploration and Inspection of Confined Spaces
- Assuring Autonomy Ethics, Trust, and Safety in DAF Mission Critical Systems with Air Force Research Labs and the Lifecycle Management Center
- Mission Assurance for Autonomy and Reinforcement Learning with Carnegie Mellon University
- Mission Assurance for Autonomy and Reinforcement Learning with Carnegie Mellon University
- Ensuring Autonomous Safety and Reliability in DAF Mission Critical Systems for Aircraft Object Detect and Avoidance Teaming with Carnegie Mellon University
Awards with the same topic code
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- Advanced Real-Time Flush Air Data System (FADS) for Blunt-Nosed Space Reentry Vehicles and Weapons
- Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion with Oxygen Resilience for Long Duration Operation in VLEO
- A Highly-Efficient and Scalable Conjunction Assessment Framework for On-Orbit Spacecraft Protection
- space Resource Automatic Scheduling mission Operations Requests (RASOR)
Research funding history
12 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2014–2026). Reported award amounts total $7,458,053. 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