SBIR/STTR Research Award
Reliable and Lightweight Polyphase Motor and Drive Solutions for eVTOL Propulsion
Award amount
$149,990Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- LAUNCHPOINT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2020-12-03
- Contract end date
- 2021-05-28
- UEI
- Z8W4R9538GG6
- Solicitation number
- X20.D
- Topic code
- AFX20D-TCSO1
Research abstract
This STTR Phase I will develop (1) multidisciplinary optimization (MDO) software tools for co-design of highly reliable and lightweight motors and drives for Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft propulsion, and (2) a novel polyphase motor and drive propulsion architecture to achieve groundbreaking levels of reliability and flight safety at unprecedented power-to-weight ratios. The MDO tools will analyze redundant polyphase motors and drives and will build on LaunchPoint Technologiesâ existing MDO toolset for 3-phase propulsion systems. Fault-tree analysis combined with efficiency and weight models will enable design trades of reliability vs. weight and efficiency. Finally, the design of polyphase motors and drives will be framed in terms of its impact on the performance medevac eVTOL vehicles.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Development, Systems Integration, and Flight Testing of an 80 kW Hybrid Electric Aircraft Propulsion System
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- Electric machines and hybrid drives for vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) tactical air vehicles
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Research funding history
33 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2021). Reported award amounts total $7,360,717. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation