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| Air Force seeks to use existing on-board sensors to enable UAVs to sense and avoid other aircraft |
Air Force funds research for remotely piloted aircraft | SBIR.gov
The Air Force Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) program office is providing nearly $1.5 million to develop and mature technologies that support the SAA program, focusing on electro-optical sensors for detecting and tracking potential obstacles. Research conducted by Defense Research Associates, Inc., a veteran-owned small business located in Beavercreek, Ohio, is expected to uncover other technologies that will improve SAA systems and prepare them for transition to engineering and manufacturing development and initial low-rate production.
In addition to the SBIR funding, this program leverages more than $2 million in additional funding from the Airborne Sense and Avoid program, managed by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. These funds will help ensure the Phase II effort graduates into a Phase III program that successfully transitions its technologies into military or private sectors.
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U.S. Air Force taps Beavercreek firm for $3.5 in UAV sensor research - Dayton Business Journal
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