SBIR/STTR Research Award
VAPER (VLF Assisted Position Estimation and Resolution)
Award amount
$875,226Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- EXPEDITION TECHNOLOGY, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2020-07-21
- Contract end date
- 2021-07-25
- UEI
- HQEEBV8CDJV3
- Solicitation number
- 14.1
- Topic code
- N141-081
Research abstract
We propose VAPER (VLF Assisted Position Estimation and Resolution) to develop and demonstrate a pre-production prototype capability to estimate position and velocity from very low frequency (VLF)signals of opportunity (SoOps) in-water. Specifically, we propose to conduct an in-water test event, utilizing a Buoyant Communications Antenna in order to 1) validate our concept of a global ionosphericpropagation state estimator 2) validate our Phase II error budget, and 3) refine our concept of operations (CONOP) and objective system architecture based on lessons learned.
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.
- Signal Cueing in a Complex Environment
- Context-Aware Rapid Prioritization System
- ONR Forensic Memory System (FMS) Phase II
- ONR OSIRIS Phase II
- Army SEAMS Phase II
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Signals of Opportunity as a Covert Alternative Fix Source for Submarines While Submerged
- Gravity-enhanced Covert Submarine Navigation
- VLF Signals of Opportunity as a Covert Alternative Fix Source for Submarines While Submerged
Research funding history
35 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2014–2025). Reported award amounts total $21,960,379. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense