TARGET ARM INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: AF192-D001
TARGET ARM INC — 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 $749,999 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code AF192-D001 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $749,999
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- AF192-D001
- Solicitation
- 19.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CT
- Period
- 2019-09-25 → 2021-09-25
Description
TALON is the world's first, and only, universal launch and recovery (ULaR) platform for both rotary and fixed wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), of variable sizes, on the move. TALON creates a new warfighting capability by enabling combat deployment of UAVs from and between any of the Services’ massive inventory of maneuvering vehicles (tanks, Humvees, planes, helicopters, trucks, war-ships, etc.) – a true Joint capability, cross-Service, cross-domain, cross-vehicle. Any TALON can operate with any UAV if it fits in the breech. The result is revolutionary, asymmetric and disruptive warfare. And it is dual use commercially for the global supply chain, enabling package delivery while on the move from delivery vehicles. TALON uses simple, known technology components combined into a patented, pin array solution that launches, recovers and stores UAVs with the same breech. Using two counter-opposed pin arrays, TALON launches and recovers each UAV inflight. Its scalable, modular design allows the same system to fit on large or small vehicles. With autonomous precision navigation, a single operator can seamlessly launch, recover and stow multiple, mixed loads of UAVs, in a hands-free manner; including rapid rearming, recharging, and changing payloads all while on the move.