TURNAROUND FACTOR, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N151-061
TURNAROUND FACTOR, INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $79,991
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- N151-061
- Solicitation
- 2015.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- VA
- Period
- 2015-07-06 → 2016-05-06
Description
To support Advanced Force Sea-Basing (AFSB) efforts, the TAF Lifters innovative Heave Compensating air-droppable self-deploying lifting ramp matches the motion of semi-submerged ISO containers and safely pulls them on deck. The TAF Lifter utilizes the buoyancy of the ship and ensures a safe standoff distance of retrieved cargo. It works out of the box with a wide range of ships and easily adapts to a large variety of mission needs, including small craft or AUV launch and recovery. With its smart controls, mooring the Lifter to ship and lifting ISO containers to deck requires minimal crew effort. Its power pack and winch are modular and can removed based on mission parameters. The TAF Lifter can be pre-positioned in higher sea states due to its stable configuration.