METRON INCORPORATED — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: N14A-T022

METRON INCORPORATED — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$149,991
Agency
Department of Defense · Navy
Program / Phase
STTR · Phase I
Topic
N14A-T022
Solicitation
2014.0
NAICS
Place of performance
VA
Period
2014-08-04 → 2015-12-04

Description

There is a documented high priority Navy need to substantially reduce Mine Countermeasures (MCM) tactical survey mine hunting and neutralization timelines in support of relevant Operational Plans (OPLANs) and Concept of Operation Plans (CONPLANs). Hence there is also a need to minimize the time and resources required to conduct MCM baseline surveys (and re-surveys) in key Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside Continental United States (OCONUS) Maritime Homeland Security (MHS) and Navy areas of interest (AOIs). Hence the purpose of the innovative autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) based geotechnical survey operations related sensing and processing initiatives proposed here is to investigate advanced (but low-cost) unmanned sensing and processing options addressing this critical Navy/MHS need.