Sonobuoy Tube Launched UAV

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Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N00014-04-M-0336
Agency Tracking Number: N045-004-0316
Amount: $69,956.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: N04-T004
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2004
Award Year: 2004
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2004-08-27
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2005-05-26
Small Business Information
NAVSYS CORPORATION, THE
14960 Woodcarver Road, Colorado Springs, CO, 80921
DUNS: 182097444
HUBZone Owned: N
Woman Owned: Y
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: N
Principal Investigator
Name: Alison Brown
Title: President and CEO
Phone: (719) 481-4877
Email: abrown@navsys.com

Business Contact
Name: Kristin Mitcehll
Title: Controller
Phone: (719) 481-4877
Email:&nbspkmitchell@navsys.com

Research Institution
Name: U.S. Air Force Academy
Contact: Steven Brandt
Address: 2354 Fairchild Drive , Suite 6H27
USAF Academy, CO, 80840
Phone: (800) 555-1212
Type: Nonprofit college or university

Abstract
The objective of this STTR effort is to demonstrate the capability of small autonomous Unmanned Air Vehicles
(UAVs) to be launched from a P-3 aircraft via its size "A" sonobuoy launch system. The technology innovations that
we propose to develop and demonstrate under this Phase I STTR effort address the need to (1) Design a small
UAV that can successfully be launched from a size "A" sonobuoy (2) Design a size "A" sonobuoy that can
successfully launch a small UAV (3) Design a P-3 UAV Control System. Our proposed approach is to leverage a
BATCAM Micro-Air Vehicle (MAV) design that has been previously designed by the government to launch from a
slim cylindrical canister and a UAV flight planning system that is also free to the government and in use by over
13,000 users. Under this Phase I effort we shall leverage a large amount of current and previous work to develop
the MAV, Sonobuoy, and RF system requirements, and also provide a top-level design for the integration of the
Sonobuoy Tube Launched UAV into the existing P-3 aircraft's sonobuoy system.

* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *

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