SBIR/STTR Research Award

Alternate GPS Technology for Medical Drones

Award identifier cac293f6f13e336cf5383d1864874e295263b92b5bbb59eb5dde6431f8caa81dAwarding agency Department of Defense · Air Force

Award amount

$74,412

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

2023

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Defense
Branch
Air Force
Recipient company
MACRO-EYES INC
Proposal award date
2022-11-03
Contract end date
2023-02-04
UEI
SC42VL5MJ7J5
Solicitation number
X22.4
Topic code
X224-OCSO1

Research abstract

Macro-Eyes is the artificial intelligence company bringing state-of-the-art predictive intelligence to infrastructure in challenging environments, saving lives and preserving resources where other models have failed utilizing spatio-temporal graph neural networks. Macro-Eyes is able to provide Alt-PNT in the absence of GPS using its predictive intelligence. The DoD  is the largest customer for unmanned aerial systems [UAS]-- aka drones– with a $7.5 Billion annual budget and over 1,000 unique DoD funding efforts supporting UAS technologies. UASs rely on GPS for positioning and navigation making them vulnerable to adversarial jamming and spoofing attacks. The vulnerability to spoofing has serious implications for UASs causing them to be misdirected or even completely hijacked for malicious intents. As the Air Force extends its forward presence, it will require UAS automation at the operational edge for Alternate navigation of UAS. Macro-Eyes will use its Alt-PNT technology to support the navigation of UAS in GPS denied environments. Thomas Greene, Director of National Security is a retired Lt Colonel with the US Army and IC community expert. Thomas worked with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency to ‘technologize” their efforts in collaboration with Congress. Dr. Stephen Guerrera is the Principal Engineer who brough AIMLoc GPS denied technology to the Air Forces Research Laboratory. He holds a PhD from MIT and has nearly a decade of experience building tech in the NatSec space. Drew Arenth, MBA is the Chief Business Officer and co-Founder of Macro-Eyes. He has deep experience leading teams to build and deploy technology sustainably.

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Research funding history

10 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2020–2024). Reported award amounts total $6,546,112. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

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

Agencies: Department of Defense

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Department of Defense

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