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Bio-Inspired Battlefield Environmental Situation Awareness

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W911QX-10-C-0002
Agency Tracking Number: A082-056-1851
Amount: $729,916.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A08-056
Solicitation Number: 2008.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2008
Award Year: 2009
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2009-12-14
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2011-12-13
Small Business Information
P.O. Box 2607
Winnetka, CA 91396
United States
DUNS: 082191198
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Bradley Walls
 Program Manager
 (520) 571-8660
 bwalls@arete.com
Business Contact
 David Kane
Title: Executive Vice President
Phone: (520) 571-8660
Email: contracts@arete.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

In recent years the number, capabilities, and types of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has grown dramatically, resulting in an increase in the variety and complexity of mission scenarios for these vehicles. The successful proliferation of UAV assets into missions, such as convoy protection, reconnaissance, surveillance, and targeting, has established an undeniable value that UAVs contribute to the war fighter in the combat arena. With micro-UAVs among the newest class of UAVs added for deployment at the squadron level the modern war fighter is presented with unprecedented situational awareness capabilities. However, with increased capability come increased demand for time and attention to fly and monitor micro-UAV assets. Areté Associates will provide Force Multiplication of micro-UAV assets by constructing an autonomous sensing and navigation system for micro-UAVs based on the innovative integration of contemporary bio-inspired technologies. Core design components will consist of a stereoscopic vision system, an insect-inspired visual processing architecture, an adaptable neural-inspired navigation system, and state of the art environmental sensors.

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