SBIR/STTR Research Award
SKY AUGER: A Deep Space-Derived GPS-Denied Optical Navigation System for USAF Reentry Vehicles
Award amount
$1,499,958Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2022Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- RHEA SPACE ACTIVITY, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2022-09-15
- Contract end date
- 2024-12-16
- UEI
- S6L7F1Z9BYM4
- Solicitation number
- X22.2
- Topic code
- X222-PDCSO1
Research abstract
Current AFNWC reentry vehicles require precise navigation capabilities that are resilient in the event of GPS-denial. However, the unique environment of reentry (hypersonic velocity, plasma sheath, 2-10Hz rotation) present significant barriers to identify
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.
- CHARLOTTEíS WEB: In-Situ Web of Mechanical, RF, Thermal, and Spectral Sensors for Dead Reckoning
- VANGUARD: Vision-based Autonomous Navigation and Guidance for Unparalleled Access, Resilience, and Deployment
- ROMULUS & REMUS: AI-Controlled High-Altitude Balloons & Surface Vessel SDA
- ANVIL: Handheld GPS Denied Self-Location for ATAK
- DR. LEGS: Deep Reinforcement Learning Ecosystem for Guaranteed Safety
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Tidelift - Software Bill of Material (SBOM) Integration with DOD Platform One
- Robotic Inspections and Digital Analysis for AFNWC Asset and Infrastructure Evaluation and Maintenance
- Design, Analysis, Fabrication, and Test Firing of Non-eroding Hybrid Ceramic Nozzle Throats Using Strong and Tough TaC-Composites (22-RD-379)
- Advanced Testing Methods of Hardened Aeroshell Materials to Thermo-Mechanical Effects
- Strategic Radiation Hard SoC IP for 16nm
Research funding history
13 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2020–2025). Reported award amounts total $9,013,811. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration