SBIR/STTR Research Award
Open Solution Control of a UAS from a manned Platform
Award amount
$1,248,101Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- COHERENT TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2023-01-10
- Contract end date
- 2024-01-17
- UEI
- J521EPLPW6L7
- Solicitation number
- X22.4
- Topic code
- X224-ODCSO1
Research abstract
Coherent Technical Services, Inc (CTSi), in partnership with Kratos developed a preliminary concept for control of a Kratos Valyrie Unmanned Air System (UAS) from the cockpit of a Contractor Owned, Contractor Operated (COCO) F-16 aircraft. This concept was implemented using CTSi’s Advanced Adversary Mission System (AAMS), and demonstrated in CTSI’s Enhanced Systems Integration Lab (E-SIL) simulator. The AAMS is currently installed in a number of COCO F-16’s and A-4’s. Kratos and CTSi seek to further develop a Manned/Unmanned Teaming (M/UM-T) interface between a Kratos UAS (targeted at the XQ-58A Valkyrie collaborating with a manned tactical platform. The primary objective of the Phase II effort is to demonstrate the M/UM-T functionality in a high-fidelity simulated environment, ready to integrate and demonstrate in-flight.
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.
- Scenario-based Range and Mission Optimization Harnessing Mutual Aerodynamic Interaction Between Multiple Aircraft
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- Assured Connected and Automated Vehicle (CV/AV) Navigation
- Aerial Refueling Tanker and Receiver Aerodynamic Interaction Modeling and Simulation – Software Application
- Low Earth Orbit Positioning, Navigation and Timing (LEO-PNT)
Awards with the same topic code
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- Adaptive Network Optimization for Space-based Tactical Information Distribution (ANOSTID)
- User Regulated Heated Gloves for Aerial Gunners
- Efficient Removal of In-Service Low Observable Materials via Controlled Spot Media Blasting
- Counter-Autonomy through Adversarial Reinforcement Learning
Research funding history
42 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2006–2026). Reported award amounts total $23,451,814. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Transportation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration