COMMIT TECHNOLOGIES INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: AF203-001

Description

The tyranny of low production numbers at unsustainable prohibitive cost, extended configuration-locked (non-agile) life spans of assets/resources, and inefficiency of low-density inter-theater airlift with USAF aircraft limit the combat capability of the force.  Current munitions suspended from USAF aircraft operating from relatively pristine (FOD free) runways create a concentration of assets equaling vulnerable basing.  These concentrated assets located long distances away from the intended operations area require massive logistic footprints to provide fuel, maintenance, and ordnance, as well as a significant tanker bridge (KC-135) to project combat power with high-end fighters & bombers.  Further, flying hour cost for fighters and bombers in peacetime is the same price as combat operations, yet ramping up production of aircraft or even precision guided munitions during wartime is largely impossible.  This creates a delicate balance of ensuring overmatch during combat operations while being cost-effective during peacetime or in inventory. Commit Technologies Inc created BITE (Built-In Theater Expendable), a family of Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) drones capable of delivering in theater agile, customized payloads.  BITE offers more value (benefit-cost) through extensive 3D printing, modular engine technology, and low-cost avionics integrated to ATAK through Open Mission Systems & Platform ONE.  This provides tailorable UAS / B-Kits for munitions, directly controlled at the warfighter level.  Commit's unique relationship with defense industry partners and thorough vetting of the BITE family of systems will provide prototypes that quickly transition into wartime readiness and into the hands of end-users.  BITE will revolutionize the options available to Combatant Commanders from large scale conflict to small scale operations by creating tailored systems to match to the mission requirement with minimal logistical footprint.  On a tactical level, BITE's just in time manufacturing concept will ensure that mission commanders and operators use BITE tailored specifically for the mission they are executing housing pertinent and modern equipment.  BITE creates the adaptable platform required to bypass the traditional acquisitions cycle to quickly deliver the best capability into the hands of the warfighter.