AVIATION RESOURCES AND CONSULTING SERVICES, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: AF211-DCSO1
AVIATION RESOURCES AND CONSULTING SERVICES, LLC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
Phase II SBIR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where Department of Defense funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
- Use this award as past-performance context and to map customer organizations for STRATFI/TACFI-style transition planning.
- Obligated amount $749,016 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code AF211-DCSO1 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $749,016
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- AF211-DCSO1
- Solicitation
- X21.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- TN
- Period
- 2021-08-09 → 2022-09-09
Description
Non-destruction Inspection (NDI) is a critical testing and evaluation technique (or set of techniques) used prevalently in USAF, as well as other service branches and industry, to identify damage mechanisms (cracks, corrosion, etc.) in weapon and other systems. The purpose of NDI is to inspect a system at the component level in a safe, reliable, cost effective manner without damaging the system or component being inspected. NDI includes a wide variety of techniques, from the most basic use of the five senses (visual inspection, feeling the surface) to expensive equipment utilizing advanced physics such as electromagnetic fields and ultrasound. Current NDI procedures using advanced techniques are effective, but could be more efficient and thorough. Equipment which includes separate handheld probes and results screens require the user to shift their visual focus from the spot being inspected to the screen to see results, and back again repeatedly. This inefficiency could be mitigated by using Augmented Reality (AR), which can artificially impose real data visually on the surface being probed. ARCS will integrate AR systems with NDI equipment to present NDI scanning data on the surface being scanned, increasing efficiency, thoroughness, and safety, for use by military maintainers and industrial inspectors.