SBIR/STTR Research Award

Open Call Enhanced PNT through non-positioning LEO

Award identifier 74e504285e018386c1350c7c9f41b9b0526695947127b6b3b5476805163daff9Awarding agency Department of Defense · Air Force

Award amount

$49,890

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

2019

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Defense
Branch
Air Force
Recipient company
ESC AEROSPACE US, INC
Proposal award date
2019-08-14
Contract end date
2020-08-14
UEI
SUR9AK1VMNM1
Solicitation number
19.2
Topic code
AF192-001

Research abstract

There is hardly a system today that does not rely on GPS in some way. However, when GPS was first designed decades ago, it was not architected to meet the current requirements. Signals compromised by scattering, jamming, and spoofing. Current applications require much greater accuracy/reliability/security in commercial applications. In military application it is mission critical to have a trusted, reliable and secure PNT solution. Our escPNTâ„¢ provides resilience PNT in GNSS degraded environment by utilizing a patented, multi-sensor, tightly-coupled sensor fusion algorithm. Unlike some PNT with less capability, our solution is low size, weight and power (SWaP), and VERY affordable compared to other products. This makes escPNTâ„¢ the perfect solution across all applications from small UAS, autonomous ground vehicles, precision weapons, personnel/dismounted, to maritime and aviation. Our Direct to Phase II proposal will provide additional enhancements to our already proven product for additional resiliency in total GPS denied environments. These enhancements include: 1) Leverage of non-positioning (communication) low-earth orbiting (LEO) satellites (i.e. OneWeb, Iridium, GlobalStar, Starlink, etc.) as alternate sources of positioning data; 2) utilization of these additional signals to develop a more robust capability to detect and mitigate GNSS spoofing.

Technology keywords

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Research funding history

12 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2018–2025). Reported award amounts total $3,546,505. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase I, Phase II

Agencies: Department of Defense

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Department of Defense

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