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Peregrine Airspace Protection System for Denying Small UAV Intrusion

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contract: W31P4Q-09-C-0556
Agency Tracking Number: 08SB2-0024
Amount: $98,860.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: SB082-002
Solicitation Number: 2008.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2008
Award Year: 2009
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2009-06-30
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2010-02-25
Small Business Information
2521 7 Mile Point Rd
Allouez, MI 49805
United States
DUNS: 003583429
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Jason Sommerville
 Research Engineer
 (906) 370-2376
 jdsommer@mtu.edu
Business Contact
 Lyon King
Title: President
Phone: (906) 370-2376
Email: lbking@mtu.edu
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Aerophysics, Raytheon Missile Systems, and Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) have teamed to provide an innovative solution that will detect, track, and neutralize small UAVs. The system, termed Peregrine, is a RADAR-cued active/passive IR countermeasure based on the Quiet Eyes turret from Raytheon. Peregrine will use unique RADAR signal processing techniques to ID the Doppler return of small rotating propellers on UAVs despite weak traditional RADAR cross sections. Automated detection algorithms will be developed to surpress RADAR false alarms and identify targets for handoff to the electro-optic Quiet Eyes unit. The Quiet Eyes turret is a roll-nod gimbaled IR camera outfitted with a laser telescope sharing the beam line with the imager. The laser can be used to illuminate the target, provide range and geometry information via LIDAR, and jam/neutralize the sensors/airframe of a small UAV. The proposing team combines the capabilities of a university, a small innovative business, and a proven aerospace/defense manufacturing company. The blend of expertise will provide not only an effective system design but also the ability to transition the design into deployable hardware in a minimum amount of time.

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