PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: A12-020

PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$1,499,089
Agency
Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase II
Topic
A12-020
Solicitation
2012.1
NAICS
Place of performance
MA
Period
2016-01-21 → 2019-02-20

Description

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to develop the InstantEye Maritime Tagging, Tracking, and Locating (MTTL) small Unmanned Air System (sUAS) payload. The MTTL sUAS program addresses the key technical challenges of developing refined sUAS flight dynamics and controls under turbulent attachment conditions as well as tag attachment methods and mechanisms. The program leverages $Ms in private investment in InstantEye sUAS technologies, and follows a build-test-build approach. The program culminates in an at-sea demonstration of the MTTL sUAS, retires key technical risks in turbulent flight dynamics and controls as well as tag attachment, and sets the stage for a successor DARPA program.