SBIR-STTR Award

Alternate GPS Technology for Medical Drones
Award last edited on: 3/28/2024

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : AF
Total Award Amount
$74,412
Award Phase
1
Solicitation Topic Code
X224-OCSO1
Principal Investigator
Thomas Greene

Company Information

Macro-Eyes Inc

30002 Issaquah Fall City Road
Fall City, WA 98024
   (347) 296-7347
   N/A
   www.macro-eyes.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 08
County: King

Phase I

Contract Number: 2023
Start Date: ----    Completed: 11/3/2022
Phase I year
2023
Phase I Amount
$74,412
Macro-Eyes is the artificial intelligence company bringing state-of-the-art predictive intelligence to infrastructure in challenging environments, saving lives and preserving resources where other models have failed utilizing spatio-temporal graph neural networks. Macro-Eyes is able to provide Alt-PNT in the absence of GPS using its predictive intelligence. The DoD is the largest customer for unmanned aerial systems [UAS]-- aka drones– with a $7.5 Billion annual budget and over 1,000 unique DoD funding efforts supporting UAS technologies. UASs rely on GPS for positioning and navigation making them vulnerable to adversarial jamming and spoofing attacks. The vulnerability to spoofing has serious implications for UASs causing them to be misdirected or even completely hijacked for malicious intents. As the Air Force extends its forward presence, it will require UAS automation at the operational edge for Alternate navigation of UAS. Macro-Eyes will use its Alt-PNT technology to support the navigation of UAS in GPS denied environments. Thomas Greene, Director of National Security is a retired Lt Colonel with the US Army and IC community expert. Thomas worked with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency to ‘technologize” their efforts in collaboration with Congress. Dr. Stephen Guerrera is the Principal Engineer who brough AIMLoc GPS denied technology to the Air Forces Research Laboratory. He holds a PhD from MIT and has nearly a decade of experience building tech in the NatSec space. Drew Arenth, MBA is the Chief Business Officer and co-Founder of Macro-Eyes. He has deep experience leading teams to build and deploy technology sustainably.

Phase II

Contract Number: FA8649-23-P-0142
Start Date: 2/4/2023    Completed: 00/00/00
Phase II year
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Phase II Amount
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