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Lightweight, Miniature Sensor Payload for a Mini-UAV

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Air Force 		Award ID:
78951 		Program Year/Program:
2007 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
F061-215-4023 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
BerrieHill Research Corporation
7735 Paragon Road Dayton, OH -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2007
Title: Lightweight, Miniature Sensor Payload for a Mini-UAV
Agency / Branch: DOD / USAF
Contract: FA8650-07-C-1193
Award Amount: $735,348.00
 

Abstract:

An important area of military capabilities is the small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). It is inexpensive and controllable by forward units. The Air Force presently has a significant opportunity to improve the productivity of UAV radar systems to provide all-environment detection of camouflaged and concealed targets as well as detection and tracking of air and ground threats. The long range vision includes: (a) persistent ISR for continuous target tracking, (b) time sensitive targeting for high confidence target identification and a compressed kill chain, and (c) close-in access and sensing. Thus, advanced radar sensor technologies employing synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and ground moving target indication (GMTI) are of great interest. Outfitted with advanced sensor payloads, mini-UAVs can be an effective means to deny the enemy sanctuary. This proposal is designed to add significant capabilities to these aircraft by providing a miniature (but fully capable) radio frequency (RF) ISR sensor. The RF sensor expands the conditions under which the platform can be effective, providing all-weather capabilities to include the ability to penetrate rain and other obscurants which degrade the usefulness of existing optical sensors. However, present existing capable RF sensor payloads cannot meet the size and/or weight requirements for mini-UAV operation.

Principal Investigator:

Jeffery A. Berrie
President & CEO
9374351016
jaberrie@berriehill.com

Business Contact:

Jeffery A. Berrie
President & CEO
9374351016
jaberrie@berriehill.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

BERRIEHILL RESEARCH CORP.
240 W. Elmwood Dr. , Ste. 1001 Dayton, OH 45459

EIN/Tax ID: 202376295
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No