WINDLIFT INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N153-129

WINDLIFT INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$150,000
Agency
Department of Defense · Navy
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
N153-129
Solicitation
2015.3
NAICS
Place of performance
NC
Period
2016-04-07 → 2017-07-06

Description

The Windlift MPWES will utilize proven principle of airborne wind energy to improve the energy density of man portable renewable energy systems by an more than an order of magnitude relative to existing systems such as the Ground Renewable Expeditionary Energy Network System (GREENS) project. The MPWES system will deploy a 75 lb., tethered quadcopter coupled to a 145 lb., 10kW-hr battery pack capable of generating 7.5 kW (peak) and 1.7 kW (average).