Award

In response to the Navy SBIR Topic N242-097, titled Unmanned Aerial System for Tag Deployment in Marine Mammal Monitoring, Triton Systems, Inc. will develop a compact, efficient, and cost-effective payload for deploying Type A biologging tags to be adapted onto a compact, NDAA-compliant, commercial-off-the-shelf unmanned aerial system. To meet topic requirements, the system will sufficiently propel the tag to be properly attached, have the precision to target specific locations on the animal, and be wind and motion compensated in aim to minimize operator workload and training. Furthermore, the system will identify specific features on individual animals and collect high-resolution imagery for further research and post-processing use. Triton’s solution will adapt existing aerial systems, sensors, mechanisms, and software into a suitable marine mammal tagging platform.