SBIR/STTR Research Award
Swift ISR and Kinetic/Non-Kinetic Expendable ILED UAS Options
Award amount
$119,813Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2022Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- SWIFT ENGINEERING INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2022-01-07
- Contract end date
- 2023-03-24
- UEI
- GYHCJ83A16M5
- Solicitation number
- HR001121S0007.I
- Topic code
- HR001121S0007-23
Research abstract
Swift understands that future warfare will require heavy use of unmanned systems. The development of an expendable, inexpensive long-endurance drone (ILED) that has the capability of ISR and other payload types is essential for carrying out various mission requirements. In addition, these need to be launched by tube or other means from multiple vehicles, both ground and aerial, and in quantities of one or multiple (swarms). Swift has been developing vehicles for 30+ years and unmanned systems for 20+ years that vary in fixed-wing, glider, VTOL, multi-rotor, and other configurations. Our knowledge in manufacturing approaches, materials, and COTS component selections allows our team to perform quick trade studies to meet one or multiple configurations of UAS that could meet a 1-4 hour endurance, low-cost, UAS that has a GTOW of
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.
- Swift Ultra Long Endurance (SULE) High-Altitude Platform Systems (HAPS) Capability Demonstration
- Swift Ultra Long Endurance (SULE) High-Altitude Platform Systems (HAPS) Capability Demonstration
- Swift Modular Payload HALE UAS for Various Scientific Mission Sets
- A Modular Water Quality Observation System to Accelerate the Blue Economy
- SHELLE - Swift Heavy Lift Long Endurance UAV
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Low-Cost Single-Use Drone for Swarming
- Inexpensive Long Endurance Drone (ILED) - KIHOMAC, Inc
- Secure Advanced Attrittable Aerial Asset (SA4)
- Inexpensive Long Endurance Drone
- High Endurance Attritable Hybrid Electric Drone
Research funding history
17 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2005–2025). Reported award amounts total $5,873,082. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense, Department of Commerce