SBIR-STTR Award

Direct to Phase II

To address the Army’s need for a squad-level system to detect and counter unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to advance, in Phase II, the development of the Portable Anti-UAS Device (PAN UAS) proven feasible in Phase I. The system design combines state-of-the-art airspace monitoring technology with novel UAS countermeasure approaches packaged into a man-portable system. Specifically, the innovation in miniaturizing and ruggedizing radar detection and radio frequency (RF) jamming systems will enable the PAN-UAS system to detect and counter both individual and swarms of UASs while being portable and self-contained. As a result, PAN-UAS offers an affordable (less than $15,000) yet tactical, ruggedized solution that is less than 100 in.3, less than 3 lbs including batteries which is appropriate for squad and platoon level operation and directly addresses Army requirements. In Phase I, POC has demonstrated key aspects of the system and several detection modalities, including conducting multiple technology trade studies, which culminated in a theoretical design and analysis of the proposed architecture to demonstrate the feasibility of PAN-UAS. In Phase II, POC will refine the system design and produce a fully integrated prototype for use in live demonstration against a UAS, reaching TRL-5.