SBIR/STTR Research Award
Method for Real-time Autonomous Uncertainty and Risk Monitoring in Relative Navigation and Operation Planning
Award amount
$249,352Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2022Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- SCOUT SPACE INC
- Proposal award date
- 2022-08-22
- Contract end date
- 2023-01-23
- UEI
- N9M4UAM6NXV4
- Solicitation number
- X21.S
- Topic code
- AF21S-TCSO1
Research abstract
SCOUT is partnering with Florida Tech to apply the capabilities of flight-tested SCOUT-Vision (SV) SmallSat sensor payloads and software to significantly improving the fidelity of rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) measurements and control algorithm confidence during maneuvers where avoidance might be required, significantly enhancing spaceflight safety. SCOUT space-based observations will augment ground-based metric measurements of RPO capabilities to provide enhanced tracking and characterization of nearby objects, including unprecedented precision and accuracy on their position and orientation. SCOUT’s and Florida Tech's R&D will produce robust optical tracking and real-time orbital determination (RTOD) capabilities which will facilitate autonomous on-board assessment of risks and avoidance maneuver requirements.
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.
- Enhanced On-Orbit Safety through Autonomous Operations Across Domains
- A Highly-Efficient and Scalable Conjunction Assessment Framework for On-Orbit Spacecraft Protection
- Leveraging On-board Perception Data Products for Tactically-Responsive Counterspace Autonomy and Intelligence
- An Efficient Collision Analysis Framework Enabling Real-Time Spacecraft Self-Protect
- Adaptation of the OWL Electro-Optical Space Domain Awareness Sensor to Enable Tactically Responsive Payload Modularity, Integration, and Capability
Awards with the same topic code
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- Biomimetic System for Autonomous On-Orbit Capture
- Development of an analysis tool for automatic defect detection during on-orbit additive manufacturing process
- Nautilus Capture Mechanism Configuration: A Study to Compare Tolerances of Electrostatic and Gecko-like Adhesion of Spacecraft Docking System for Long-Duration Space Missions
- REACCH: Adhering Arms Architecture for Unprepared Surface Capture
Research funding history
12 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2022–2025). Reported award amounts total $9,270,697. 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