You are here

Multi-Platform Manned/Unmanned System-Mission Planner/Controller

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W15QKN-08-C-0009
Agency Tracking Number: A052-003-2221
Amount: $729,733.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A05-003
Solicitation Number: 2005.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2005
Award Year: 2007
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2007-10-26
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2009-10-26
Small Business Information
101 Landy Lane
Cincinnati, OH 45215
United States
DUNS: 116233933
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Paul Eismann
 Manager of Control System
 (513) 831-9570
 peismann@aol.com
Business Contact
 Keith Kowalski
Title: President
Phone: (513) 831-9570
Email: kakowalski@aol.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Compliance with the US Army directive to maximize the effectiveness and coordination of small unmanned ground vehicles (SUGV) in reconnaissance, surveillance and combat operations will require an intelligent, netcentric Mission Planning and Control System (MPCS). A set of supporting technologies will be implemented in this program to maximize the cooperative efficacy of the SUGV’s to carry out the mission plans formulated by the MPCS. First, a simplified, JAUS (Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems), organic, multi-hop, wireless mesh network will be developed that facilitates fault tolerant peer-to-peer communication and the deployment of multi-platform mobile control agents, which decompose MPCS strategies into JAUS commands. The MPCS will be able to configure and distribute the multi-platform agent to arbitrary network nodes to optimize the communication and computational constraints of the field environment. Second, advanced control strategies utilizing economical sensor suites will be implemented that will provide a highly autonomous navigation capability for unmanned ground systems, thereby alleviating the soldier from performing tedious routine tasks. Third, an open architecture development environment implemented in this program will facilitate OEM sensor integration.

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

US Flag An Official Website of the United States Government