SWIFT ENGINEERING INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: SOCOM172-004
SWIFT ENGINEERING 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.
- At $1,622,519, this is a large obligation for typical SBIR Phase sizing — worth reviewing for scope breadth and teaming opportunity.
- Topic code SOCOM172-004 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $1,622,519
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Special Operations Command
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- SOCOM172-004
- Solicitation
- 2017.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2018-09-27 → 2019-07-26
Description
SHELLE brings a paradigm shifting level of performance to the US military for electric field deployable UAS in range, endurance and payload capability. It bridges the capability gap between existing hand launchable electric UAS and larger liquid fueled UAS. The SHELLE V1 even outperforms many liquid fuel aircraft and can match the payload of aircraft twice its weight at a fraction of the cost. Compared to current electric UAVs, SHELLE V1 can remain airborne 7.5 hours vs 3 hours with the same payload. With 3-hour endurance, SHELLE V1s payload capacity is 9lbs, nearly 5 times the payload of the current hand-launchable competition. The long endurance ISR capability equates to a combat radius of over 150 miles allowing greater standoff distances for surveillance missions into hostile regions while keeping operators safe. Additionally, SHELLE combined with the precision delivery glider enables delivery of up to 10lbs from a hand launchable platform. Commercially, SHELLE will have profound benefits for search and rescue, law enforcement ISR, border security, and aerial surveys in a variety of industries such as agriculture and oil and gas.