PICOGRID, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: AF221-DCSO1

PICOGRID, INC. — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$1,349,986
Agency
Department of Defense · Air Force
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase II
Topic
AF221-DCSO1
Solicitation
X22.1
NAICS
Place of performance
CA
Period
2022-07-05 → 2024-04-05

Description

The goal of this project is to design, produce, test and deliver Bomber Security in a Box (BSIB), a flyaway kit adaptation for securing the aircraft and its surroundings during ground operations in austere conditions (e.g., foreign partner-operated Forward Operating Locations, emergency diversions). BSIB will provide enhanced situational awareness and automated threat detection to the aircrew, giving them increased time and space to make a decision and remove the cognitive burden of continuous monitoring. Picogrid will deliver BSIB as an adaptation of the commercially-available Picogrid Platform through miniaturization for transportation in the physical space available in the aircraft, development of improved threat detection for ground-based objects and enabling global operational coverage. The mission impact of the project will be improved force protection effectiveness.