SBIR-STTR Award

Vision & Wireless-Based Surveying for Intelligent OSAM Navigation (VISION)
Award last edited on: 3/29/2023

Sponsored Program
STTR
Awarding Agency
DOD : AF
Total Award Amount
$249,942
Award Phase
1
Solicitation Topic Code
AF21S-TCSO1
Principal Investigator
Nolan Coulter

Company Information

Weintraus Inc (AKA: Modularity Space )

1511 Aviation Center Parkway
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
   (386) 987-8847
   contact@modularityspace.com
   weintraus.com

Research Institution

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Phase I

Contract Number: FA8649-22-P-1183
Start Date: 8/10/2022    Completed: 1/10/2023
Phase I year
2022
Phase I Amount
$249,942
VISION is a software and hardware package to manage real-time system acquisition and tracking for servicing vehicles performing Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, and Docking (RPOD). It combines an artificial intelligence strategy using Deep Learning for a vision-based relative navigation system with a network centric avionics implementing medium range wireless communications for target acquisition, target tracking, and communicating maneuver intent between agents and targets. This system can be applied to both cooperative and uncooperative RPOD scenarios and scaled to formation flight and swarm-based OSAM operations. This package provides a solution that can be integrated into legacy and future servicing platforms.

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