SBIR/STTR Research Award

Rapid Automated New Satellite Bus Design (RSD) & Digital Twin Interoperability

Award identifier 57ff3d6f93cd2960416a2c35ea44a0bab0d5716ae9a15dfd8d7d3901cbbac2d5Awarding agency Department of Defense · Air Force

Award amount

$109,994

Program and phase

STTR · Phase I

Award year

2024

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Defense
Branch
Air Force
Recipient company
PROTEUS SPACE, INC.
Proposal award date
2023-12-15
Contract end date
2024-03-15
UEI
KHKZCUJJ1BL5
Solicitation number
X23.E
Topic code
AFX23E-TPCSO1

Research abstract

Proteus Space is developing a novel, rapid automated new SV design and production system (RSD) that outputs a digital twin composed of high-fidelity digital models with SV hardware in the loop.Ā RSD automatically produces a completely New SV design / New Bus design tailored specifically for a New Payload in 30 days.Ā STANDARD SATELLITE BUSES are systems integration nightmares when trying to rapidly integrate new payloads. ItÆs slow, expensive and ōsquare hole, round peg, but make it workö concept invented in 1966.Ā A secondary and associated problem is the prevalence of low fidelity digital models, assembled at the pace of humans, often so lacking in details, they cannot be effectively used for campaign and mission planning or force design. Often these models are also not substantiated by a hardware-in-the-loop twin. WE ARE BUILDING THE SOLUTION TO AUTOMATICALLY DESIGN COMPLETELY NEW PAYLOAD-TAILORED BUSES WITH THE SAME OR LESS RISK AS A STANDARD BUS - PRODUCING HIGH FIDELITY DIGITAL MODELS. Proteus has invented a system to get that new payload into space 18x faster than we do today. THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO OUR WAY OF LIFE. OUR AUTOCRATIC ADVERSARIES ARE RACING, TO SURPASS OUR SPACE CAPABILITIES. They have declared space as a warfighting domain and are actively demonstrating their capabilities to fight there. Speed to orbiting new capabilities is a clear paradigm - but so is rapid affordable mass and volume of capabilities. Our RSD system enables these key capability paradigms so interoperability of our Digital Twins with DoD systems is incredibly important.

Technology keywords

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Research funding history

3 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2024). Reported award amounts total $3,159,911. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase II, Phase I, Phase II – Direct to Phase II

Agencies: Department of Defense

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Department of Defense

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