SBIR/STTR Research Award
HPDM-30 – A 10 kW/kg Integrated Motor Drive for UAV and Aircraft Electric Propulsion
Award amount
$149,866Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- H3X TECHNOLOGIES INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2023-01-12
- Contract end date
- 2023-07-11
- UEI
- JGE3BSHT5DH4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- 3-HybEl
Research abstract
The HPDM-30 is a ultra high power density 30kW integrated motor drive for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and Small Aircraft Electric Propulsion. It combines the motor and inverter into a single unit and utilizes the same advanced core technology developed for H3X's flagship product, the HPDM-250. H3X is targeting a combined motor/inverter efficiency of 93% and a continuous specific power of 10 kW/kg, making it 3X more power dense than anything else commercially available. The goal of this Phase I proposal is to complete the design, analysis and simulation for the HPDM-30 and a manufacturing plan to build prototypes that could later be tested on the H3X dynamometer in a Phase II effort.
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.
- HPDM-320: A High Power Density 320 kW Direct-Drive Generator with Integrated Power Electronics
- HPDM-30 – A 10 kW/kg Integrated Motor Drive for UAV and Aircraft Electric Propulsion
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- High Efficiency Powertrain for Hybrid Aircraft (HEPHA)
- High Efficiency Powertrain for Hybrid Aircraft (HEPHA)
Research funding history
3 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2023–2024). Reported award amounts total $2,896,626. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense