SBIR/STTR Research Award
RetiNav: Event-Based In-Space Sensing
Award amount
$1,698,019Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2022Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- ASTROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY INC
- Proposal award date
- 2022-05-06
- Contract end date
- 2023-03-30
- UEI
- JAQ3W2MGVNV1
- Solicitation number
- X20.3
- Topic code
- AF203-CSO2
Research abstract
RetiNav provides a robust, highly sensitive alternative to traditional in-space sensing systems by leveraging bio-inspired event cameras (neuromorphic cameras) for both Rendezvous, Proximity Operations and Docking (RPOD), Space Domain Awareness (SDA), and
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.
- Clavius-S: Lunar Surface Sensor Payload for Orbital Object Detection
- Extra Large Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT-XL)
- Photon Counting Sensor for In-space Debris Detection
- RDRE Transfer Vehicle for Tactically Responsive Access to High Orbits
- LaserNav – LiDAR-Based Dark Navigation for Safe and Precise Lunar Landing
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Hermes - Data Relay to pLEO
- Space Capability for OPIR Ranking and Evaluation (SCORE)
- Catalytic Propellant Decomposition Chamber for Multi-Mode Propulsion
- Dynamic ISR planning with multi-level security access for space asset tasking
- CEPHALOPOD: 21st Century Software for Satellite Proximity Operations
Research funding history
52 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2010–2025). Reported award amounts total $33,759,467. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense