12Pre-ReleaseSBIR

Acoustic-based UAS Rainbow Oscillation Refraction Architecture (AURORA)

Department of DefenseSOCOM

AI Overview

Seeking an acoustic communication system for drone swarms that uses propeller noise to share position data. This technology will enable decentralized swarming by allowing drones to autonomously maintain formation through sound-based communication.

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Key Details

Agency
Department of Defense
Funding Amount
Release Date
November 18, 2025
Due Date
March 4, 2026
Phase I Award
$175,000

Official Description

This topic seeks innovative research and development efforts towards an acoustic-based communications system that enables sUAS within a swarm to communicate and exchange information about their relative positions. This capability will support intra-swarm communications by using sound primarily generated by the sUAS’s propellors as a carrier wave to encode data between drones. The system should spatially decompose incoherent sound waves produced by the sUAS’s propellors during normal operation in...

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