SBIR/STTR Research Award

Tactical VRA-sUAS

Award identifier 8295bce3e1ceb3d7be6e2cb5f63cef00539c9fc62a76ce4e1894e409f922d45dAwarding agency Department of Defense · Air Force

Award amount

$739,670

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase II

Award year

2019

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Defense
Branch
Air Force
Recipient company
SICDRONE CORPORATION
Proposal award date
2019-08-02
Contract end date
2021-10-31
UEI
WKMNA3FCMKG5
Solicitation number
19.2
Topic code
AF192-D001

Research abstract

Unmanned aircraft use various sensor packages to avoid obstacles and even the most advanced sensor packages cannot make a multicopter fly smoothly in harsh or turbulent weather due to thrust forces being entirely pointed downward. The multicopter developed is the first superagile VRA-sUAS [Vectored Robot Aircraft], due to the integration of 0 to 360 degrees of thrust vectoring, directionally capable of instantaneous propulsion at any angle, forward, aft, vertically and horizontally. The hexacopter aircraft rotates left and right propellers to direct thrust for higher performance, offering; unmatched acceleration, deceleration, stability, maneuverability, power efficiency, higher cruise speeds and top speeds achievable exceed 100 mph. Extreme performance aircraft, such as this one, are tailored towards industries where reliability, stability, speed and endurance are essential to autonomous missions. SICdrone has successfully designed and tested VRA with a design that accommodates top speeds over 100 mph. For VRA application roles are due to “inherent advantages” and “include helicopter killers, AVCM and RPV killers, ship protectors, unmanned rescue, multirole, penetrator, decoy...” (Vectored Propulsion, Supermaneuvrability and Robot Aircraft, Gal-Or, Benjamin, 1990, pg 137)

Technology keywords

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Research funding history

2 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2019). Reported award amounts total $814,670. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase I, Phase II – Direct to Phase II

Agencies: Department of Defense

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Department of Defense

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