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Offboard Refueling Support System for Unmanned Surface Vehicles

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N65538-09-M-0016
Agency Tracking Number: N082-177-1093
Amount: $69,618.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N08-177
Solicitation Number: 2008.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2008
Award Year: 2008
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2008-11-24
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2009-06-02
Small Business Information
Suite 1110 841 Bishop Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
United States
DUNS: 610401655
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Jeffrey Kline
 Vice President
 (410) 544-0210
 jkline@navatekltd.com
Business Contact
 Todd Peltzer
Title: Contract Manager
Phone: (808) 531-7001
Email: todd@navships.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

It is proposed that a new “refueling mission package” capability be developed for the LCS ASW Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) to perform function of a refueling tanker for refueling other offboard systems (USVs or unmanned underwater vehicles) without restricting host ship operations. Utilizing the existing ASW USV “hard point” deck sockets and command and control, this refueling mission package will minimize impact on LCS by eliminating the need for another unique USV. The refueling USV objective will be to transit to the watercraft, connect a refueling hose to a common port on the watercraft, refuel the watercraft, detach the refueling hose, and return to the host ship without human intervention. We will leverage Oceaneering's Large Vessel Interface Lift-on/Lift-off Crane (LVI Lo/Lo) Program to develop the motion sensing and compensation refueling effector. We propose to demonstrate concept feasibility by integrating Navatek developed USV-to-USV motion simulations with Oceaneering's LVI Li/Lo Land Based Test Facility.

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