SBIR/STTR Research Award

Mustang SUAS

Award identifier a75aa6349a41f05496fcc4fbb4a2a93648ee08d5e294aed66f8afb9d0a2f1aa7Awarding agency Department of Defense · Air Force

Award amount

$1,249,983

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase II

Award year

2022

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Defense
Branch
Air Force
Recipient company
GREENSIGHT INC.
Proposal award date
2022-05-06
Contract end date
2024-02-09
UEI
N1AGNSBANJF7
Solicitation number
X22.1
Topic code
AF221-DCSO1

Research abstract

State of the art industrial VTOL SUAS platforms feature standardized, open payload interfaces that allow the aircraft to be field customized to fit application or job requirements. Military users have similar requirements, but no existing VTOL platforms provide the modularity required, and the ones that come close are restricted from use due to their country of origin. What is needed is a “snap together” SUAS system that allows warfighters to assemble a custom solution from off the shelf components to suit mission requirements on demand. A custom mission package can be assembled in minutes, maximizing the technology utility. This capability is based on the GreenSight Mustang, a militarized variant of GreenSight’s existing commercial UAS, leveraging the BluePort open standards payload interface developed by GreenSight and AFSOC. Mustang's high payload capacity of up to 2kg enables it to carry multiple payloads like dual cameras or lighting or single heavier payloads like psyops or kinetics. It offers a level of flexibility which is currently completely missing from other man portable DoD tactical VTOL SUAS like the Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) aircraft which has been under development by the Army for over five years or the Soldier Borne System (SBS) nano SUAS. Mustang fills an urgent need for DoD and other Federal agencies requiring a man portable VTOL aircraft capable of both long flights and heavier payload capacity. Leveraging GreenSight's commercial systems, the Mustang SUAS has a cost point similar to popular overseas industrial SUAS aircraft, but meeting all DoD sourcing requirements which forbid foreign content.

Technology keywords

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Research funding history

49 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2016–2025). Reported award amounts total $42,124,698. 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, National Science Foundation

Agency intelligence

Department of Defense

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