KALSCOTT ENGINEERING, INC — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: A3.02
KALSCOTT ENGINEERING, INC — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- Amount
- $124,838
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- A3.02
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- KS
- Period
- 2016-06-10 → 2016-12-09
Description
ADS-B is emerging as the defacto standard for manned aircraft in the context of NextGen ATM. There are several advantages to ADS-B, but most ADS-B gear was developed for manned aircraft, and some smaller versions have been developed for UAVs recently. However, even the smallest currently-available ADS-B transponder is still about 250g, which is not suitable for small UAVs, such as those becoming popular for civilian use in the US. KalScott proposes to develop a micro ADS-B unit, which is light enough, inexpensive enough, and uncomplicated enough that it can be adopted readily for small civilian UAVs.