SBIR/STTR Research Award

Self-Deployable Electric Multi-Rotor Air Mobility System

Award identifier 5cbebbf4a538a0e0c8fd8a1a109f15cd51af234347c5089baa9acbd4af8499efAwarding agency Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Award amount

$223,312

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

2021

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Defense
Branch
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Recipient company
DOMINIC SHIOSAKI
Proposal award date
2021-06-08
Contract end date
2022-05-13
UEI
NAZZRQNUMKW3
Solicitation number
HR001121S0007.I
Topic code
HR001121S0007-05

Research abstract

The proposed solution for a self-deployable electric multi-rotor portable personal air mobility system is a novel configuration that takes advantage of large diameter rotors for primary lift while additionally using additional smaller propellers for directed thrust to control attitude.  Similar vehicles like a helicopter are inherently complex with small mechanisms and single points of failure and a multi-copter (tri/quad/hex/etc) configuration has a low power/lift ratio and would not be able to transport a human in a portable vehicle.  The proposed solution benefits from both styles to be high lift while being mechanically simple and scalable.  The self-deployed system is primarily controlled by electronic flight controllers to eliminate the need for extensive flight training and enables a single man setup. It is also configured for full system redundancy for additional safety for human flight and is all electric for rapid battery swapping or field charging.

Technology keywords

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Agency intelligence

Department of Defense

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