HYDRONALIX INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: HR001119S0035-09

HYDRONALIX INC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$500,000
Agency
Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase II
Topic
HR001119S0035-09
Solicitation
19.109
NAICS
Place of performance
AZ
Period
2020-12-22 → 2021-09-30

Description

The objective of this Phase II SBIR project is to develop and deliver maritime Mine Countermeasures (MCM) sweep systems.  The current state of practice for maritime MCM are cumbersome, expensive, and slow, often involving manned assets in the vicinity of potentially mined waters. Expendable miniaturized mine countermeasures (MCM) influence systems will be developed, tested, and fielded. This program will focus on designs using lessons learned from Phase I test platform. The goal in the Phase I project was to produce and evaluate a functioning mine effector using COTS transducers allowing for low-cost production. In the Phase II program, we will integrate low-cost COTS transducers which were tested during Phase I to perform well within required specifications. The ultimate goal of the phase II is not only to produce prototypes, but also develop a methodology to drastically reduce the cost of the prototypes during Phase III commercialization.