Low SWAP-C UAS Payload to Improve Replicator Initiative
MatrixSpace has been awarded a $1.25 million Direct-to-Section II SBIR contract by AFWERX to develop a low SWaP-C (Dimension, Weight, Energy, and Value) multi-function, multi-band antenna payload. This new challenge, based mostly on the MatrixSpace Radar {hardware} platform, goals to deal with key challenges throughout the Division of the Air Power (DAF) and assist the Replicator initiative. The contract spans 21 months and begins instantly.
MatrixSpace Radar, designed and developed within the USA, supplies strong situational consciousness of each airborne and ground-based objects below varied lighting and climate situations. This know-how helps correct drone detection, Counter Unmanned Plane System (CUAS) capabilities, Past Visible Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations for uncrewed, autonomous, and tethered plane, and enhances normal airspace consciousness and safety.
The Air Power Analysis Laboratory and AFWERX have streamlined the Small Enterprise Innovation Analysis (SBIR) and Small Enterprise Know-how Switch (STTR) processes, aiming for quicker proposal-to-award timelines. These adjustments are supposed to increase alternatives for small companies and cut back bureaucratic overhead.
Since its inception in 2018, the DAF’s Open Matter SBIR/STTR program has funded a wider vary of improvements, together with these proposed by small companies like MatrixSpace. This initiative aligns with the broader objectives of enhancing army capabilities and supporting the event of superior applied sciences.
Matthew Kling, Vice President of Clever Programs at MatrixSpace, acknowledged, “We’re honored to supply progressive army capabilities utilizing our core MatrixSpace know-how to strengthen the nationwide protection of the US. By way of this award, we have now been given a major alternative to progress large-scale, all-domain attritable autonomous (ADA2) programs envisioned below the Replicator initiative. MatrixSpace will assist handle essential necessities for future army programs by offering multi-function, multi-band, agnostic capabilities on-board autonomous autos, enabling our warfighters to quickly adapt to any mission.”
The challenge’s improvement and testing of low SWaP-C payloads for uncrewed aerial programs underscore MatrixSpace’s dedication to advancing army know-how and supporting nationwide protection initiatives.
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