SBIR/STTR Research Award
Shipboard Launched Integrated Drone Ejection (SLIDE)
Award amount
$149,998Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- OPTO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INC
- Proposal award date
- 2023-10-10
- Contract end date
- 2024-04-09
- UEI
- RJH6GQUD3BT5
- Solicitation number
- 23.1
- Topic code
- MDA23-001
Research abstract
We propose to use an off the shelf tube launched drone with a proven flight record and test history from a ship, and explore the compatibility of this drone with the Mk 53 Nulka DLS. We will explore improved ejection system, and also develop the EO/IR sensor package design for the drone to perform target tracking as required by the government. Approved for Public Release | 23-MDA-11635 (9 Nov 23)
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
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Adaptable Launch System for Ship-borne Encanistered Payloads
- Expendable Ship Launched Sensor
- Expendable Ship Launched Sensor via HellHivesÖ
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