SBIR/STTR Research Award
Propulsion integration for low-cost, extended-range, attritable UAS
Award amount
$1,486,090Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- EMPIRICAL SYSTEMS AEROSPACE INC
- Proposal award date
- 2020-02-25
- Contract end date
- 2022-02-25
- UEI
- MFCTLU3MRXC8
- Solicitation number
- N/A
- Topic code
- A2.10
Research abstract
This follow-on Phase II will finalize the propulsion system and integration design of the JetCat P550 into the existing CLEAVER fuselage. The design will be integrated into the CLEAVER system and go through, static and ground testing prior to a powered flight test.
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.
- Hydrogen Propulsion Energy (HyPE) Module for Aircraft Sizing and Analysis
- Apprehension of High-altitude Aircraft and Balloons (AHAB)
- ESA-ALE: Electric Small Aircraft – Air Launch Effect via Valkyrie
- Aircraft Traction Inverter for Hybrid-Electric and All-Electric Megawatt-Class Vehicles
- Wind Tunnel and Flight Testing of Scalable Modular Aerial Research Testbed
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Extension of the Eddy Dissipation Concept for Improved Low-Cost Turbulence-Chemistry Interaction Modeling
- Skin Friction and Pressure Measurements in Supersonic Inlets
- Microtextured Surfaces for Turbine Blade Impingement Cooling
- Coupled Transpired and Discretely Injected Films
- Development of Axial Compressor Heat-Extraction Capability for Thermal Management Applications
Research funding history
37 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2009–2024). Reported award amounts total $15,614,972. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense