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).