Resilient Integrated Photonic Transport In Denied Environments (RIPTIDE)
AI Overview
RIPTIDE seeks an integrated photonic navigation system enabling autonomous swarms to maintain precise positioning across 200-300 nautical miles in GPS-denied environments. The optical mesh network must deliver sub-meter accuracy through distributed optical crosslinks, enabling coordinated operations when traditional navigation systems are unavailable or compromised.
This summary is AI-generated from the official solicitation.
Key Details
Official Description
Future autonomous operations will occur in contested electromagnetic environments where traditional positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) references cannot be assumed. Radio frequency (RF) emissions are inherently detectable, direction-findable, and susceptible to interference and spoofing. These properties are extensively characterized in the open engineering and civil aviation safety literature. Distributed autonomous systems still need to execute coordinated maneuver, distributed sensing,...
Change History
Informational change · Description
Resilient Integrated Photonic Transport In Denied Environments (RIPTIDE)
New Q&A added on payload constraints (Q1):
The government clarified that Phase II has specific SWaP (size, weight, power, thermal) target limits for the optical payload, detailed in the Phase II Statement of Objectives within Supporting Documents & Templates. Applicants must select a representative Group 3 UAS platform and design their payload to meet these published constraints during Phase I feasibility analysis—rather than defining their own envelope.
Previous Q&As renumbered: The three existing questions on beam-steering technology flexibility, detection methods, and prior flight-demonstration eligibility remain unchanged but are now Q2, Q3, and Q4 respectively.
Informational change · Status
Resilient Integrated Photonic Transport In Denied Environments (RIPTIDE)
Status changed from status: Pre-Release to status: Open.
Informational change · Description
Resilient Integrated Photonic Transport In Denied Environments (RIPTIDE)
Description information changed.
Resilient Integrated Photonic Transport In Denied Environments (RIPTIDE)
Summary:
Clarifies that prior integrated flight demonstration is NOT required for D2P2 eligibility; applicants can establish feasibility through demonstrated constituent technologies and analysis, provided they show a non-trivial communication link between endpoints.
Resilient Integrated Photonic Transport In Denied Environments (RIPTIDE)
New opportunity: Resilient Integrated Photonic Transport In Denied Environments (RIPTIDE)
Similar Opportunities
Get Alerts for Opportunities Like This
RallyProp monitors thousands of funding sources and sends instant alerts when opportunities match your technology and capabilities.
Start Free Trial