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Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N68335-10-C-0206
Agency Tracking Number: N093-172-0676
Amount: $79,996.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N093-172
Solicitation Number: 2009.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2009
Award Year: 2010
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2010-01-28
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2010-07-28
Small Business Information
1510 Springport Rd Suite C
Jackson, MI 49202
United States
DUNS: 005055582
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Brian Montague
 Director of Engineeing
 (517) 784-8340
 bmontague@sealandaire.com
Business Contact
 David Sparks
Title: President
Phone: (517) 784-8340
Email: dsparks@sealandaire.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Modern Air ASW operations are shifting to littoral areas typified by high ambient background levels, high reverberation and multipath, while targets are quieter than ever. One solution to retain the desired acoustic field performance in these challenging scenarios is to increase the sensor spatial density by deploying more sonobuoys. Unfortunately, these extra buoys have historically been used to reseed the field to extend the mission. Since ASW aircraft are limited both in overall numbers and payload, maximizing individual sonobuoy endurance is particularly desirable to extend field life. The current production version of the ADAR sonobuoy (AN/SSQ-101) falls short of the 8 hour endurance metric and operates 4.5 to 6 hours. The opportunity, then, is to extend the life of the ADAR sonobuoy by improving on the existing energy system. This can be accomplished through increased onboard energy storage as well as harvesting energy from the environment as it is available. These improvements must be implemented without affecting the system’s acoustic performance with minimal impact on the existing mechanical configuration of the buoy. SeaLandAire’s approach to address the energy deficit is to implement an ocean wave energy harvesting device in conjunction with an increased-capacity energy storage system.

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