SBIR/STTR Research Award
Compact, lightweight Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
Award amount
$7,549,278Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- HYDRONALIX INC
- Proposal award date
- 2023-11-29
- Contract end date
- 2026-03-30
- UEI
- X7NNB7Q6Y5K1
- Solicitation number
- 10.2
- Topic code
- N102-182
Research abstract
This project to enhance unmanned systems for the U.S. Marine Expeditionary Forces through a "Build-Test-Build" process, in partnership with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the United States Marine Corps (USMC). The initiative aims to integrate the use of micro-unmanned surface vehicles (USV), micro-unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV), and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for island-hopping missions in the South Pacific and the Baltic Archipelagos. The SOW describes the technical study, development, and demonstration efforts required to improve existing small unmanned systems, along with a parallel effort to develop new agile manufacturing capabilities. The goal is to design, develop, test, and integrate low-cost unmanned systems, including an ACCOMS capableUSV, a Micro UUV, and an amphibious SONAR UAVxUSV.
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.
- SCARAB – Swarm-capable Autonomous Robotic Aquatic and Bridging
- SeaCraft/AeroNautical Data-collector (SCAND) for real-time target recognition
- HERMES: Humanitarian Emergency Response Messenger of Essential Supplies drone payload attachment
- “SEARCHER” – Sea Remote Controlled Hydrographic Explorer and Recorder
- SeaCraft / AeroNautical Data-collector (SCAND) for real-time target recognition
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Compact, lightweight Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
- Compact, lightweight Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) with robust navigation and range for riverine reconnaissance
- AUV for Sustained Riverine and Littoral Assessments
- Maritime Critical Infrastructure Protection and Security Unmanned Surface Vessel
- Compact, lightweight Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) with robust navigation and range for riverine reconnaissance
Research funding history
24 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2011–2025). Reported award amounts total $24,892,287. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture