SBIR/STTR Research Award
Integrated Radar and Electronic Surveillance (ES) System
Award amount
$111,428Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- BLACK RIVER SYSTEMS COMPANY, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2020-06-01
- Contract end date
- 2021-06-05
- UEI
- DL9DNJ5MGXM4
- Solicitation number
- 20.1
- Topic code
- A20-016
Research abstract
Black River Systems Company and SRC Inc. are pleased to submit our INTERACT solution for the FY 2020.1 SBIR topic A20-016 “Integrated Radar and Electronic Surveillance (ES) system”. Our proposed Integrated Radar and Electronic Targeting (INTERACT) approach addresses the Army’s need for a combined Radar and ES system for unmanned aerial system (UAS) awareness by developing an integrated system leveraging a radar test bed from SRC and the proven AFRL Ninja ES system developed in part by Black River Systems. The INTERACT system will exploit the shared RF collection and transmission goals of radar and ES systems to create an integrated system, thereby reducing SWAP, cost, and the kill-chain timeline versus a system-of-systems integration. The INTERACT system will interface with the Army hard-kill weapon system, providing UAS target tracks from the radar subsystem and associated UAS target intent inferences from the ES subsystem. In Phase I, we will develop a design plan for the integrated system, determine timeline requirements for the RF front-end, develop a scheduler for meeting these requirements, and perform simulations to evaluate the INTERACT design. We will conclude Phase I with a mock integration of the systems in a lab environment in preparation for Phase II.
Technology keywords
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Other awards by this recipient
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- Fusion and Registration of OTHR/OPIR Source Tracks (FROST)
- Target Recognition Aided by Continuous Evolution (TRACE)
- Energy Saving Collaborative Autonomy for Performance Enhancement (ESCAPE)
- Modular Payload for 5G UAS Detect & Counter
- Electronic Threat Detection for Countermeasure Support
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
82 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2002–2025). Reported award amounts total $40,306,144. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense
Contractor profile
BLACK RIVER SYSTEMS COMPANY, INC.
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