Low SWaP-C UAS Payload: MatrixSpace Wins AFWERX Contract

Low SWAP-C UAS Payload to Improve Replicator Initiative

MatrixSpace has been awarded a $1.25 million Direct-to-Part II SBIR contract by AFWERX to develop a low SWaP-C (Measurement, Weight, Energy, and Price) multi-function, multi-band antenna payload. This new undertaking, based mostly on the MatrixSpace Radar {hardware} platform, goals to deal with key challenges inside the Division of the Air Drive (DAF) and assist the Replicator initiative. The contract spans 21 months and begins instantly.

MatrixSpace Radar, designed and developed within the USA, supplies sturdy situational consciousness of each airborne and ground-based objects underneath numerous lighting and climate situations. This expertise 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 common airspace consciousness and safety.

The Air Drive Analysis Laboratory and AFWERX have streamlined the Small Enterprise Innovation Analysis (SBIR) and Small Enterprise Know-how Switch (STTR) processes, aiming for sooner proposal-to-award timelines. These modifications are supposed to broaden alternatives for small companies and cut back bureaucratic overhead.

Since its inception in 2018, the DAF’s Open Subject 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 targets of enhancing army capabilities and supporting the event of superior applied sciences.

Matthew Kling, Vice President of Clever Methods at MatrixSpace, acknowledged, “We’re honored to supply revolutionary army capabilities utilizing our core MatrixSpace expertise to strengthen the nationwide protection of the USA. By means of this award, we now have been given a big alternative to progress large-scale, all-domain attritable autonomous (ADA2) programs envisioned underneath the Replicator initiative. MatrixSpace will assist handle crucial necessities for future army programs by offering multi-function, multi-band, agnostic capabilities on-board autonomous automobiles, enabling our warfighters to quickly adapt to any mission.”

The undertaking’s improvement and testing of low SWaP-C payloads for uncrewed aerial programs underscore MatrixSpace’s dedication to advancing army expertise and supporting nationwide protection initiatives.

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