SBIR/STTR Research Award
Long Range Passive Ranging and Collision Avoidance for UAS
Award amount
$749,937Program and phase
STTR · Phase IIAward year
2022Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- UTOPIACOMPRESSION,CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- 2022-03-11
- Contract end date
- 2023-03-10
- UEI
- HR7PGAJ92Z97
- Solicitation number
- X20.D
- Topic code
- AFX20D-TCSO1
Research abstract
Visual sensors (electro-optical and infrared) are important for many civil and military aviation applications. The key advantages of visual sensors are 1) the ability to sense passively (without emissions) and 2) their low size, weight, and power (SWaP). In this AFWERX STTR project, UtopiaCompression’s novel UAS passive collision alert system (PCAS), which passively estimates intruding aircraft 3-D state, has been augmented with collision avoidance algorithms, providing a complete detect-and-avoid capability for unmanned aircraft. The PCAS system’s estimator will be applied to long-range target state estimation in Phase II for USAF Air National Guard missions.
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.
- Intelligent Visual System for Maritime Applications
- Intelligent Visual System for Maritime Applications
- Ground Asset Navigation using Aerial Guidance in Contested Environments
- CO AIR - Cooperative Operation of Assets using Intelligent Reinforcements to enhance the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) capability
- Robust Target Handoff in a UAV Swarm in GPS-Denied Environments
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Extremely Lightweight and Ultra-Low Noise Isolated DC-DC Converters
- Continuous Fiber Additive Manufacturing for Rapid Prototyping and Demonstration of Small UAS Designs
- Deployable Containerized LH2 Refueling System
- Extremely Lightweight and Ultra-Low Noise Isolated DC-DC Converters
- Advanced Li-Metal, High-Power Battery
Research funding history
121 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2004–2025). Reported award amounts total $42,524,603. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy