This $350,000 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program supports the development of a low-cost, unmanned underwater survey system for marine environment assessment. The awardee, Marinesitu Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, will create a complete survey system featuring a stereo camera-enabled remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and AI-powered software for automated detection of coral...
This $524,676 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program supports the development of a new fluorescence-enhanced, autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) mounted, high-resolution 3D laser imaging system for coral reef ecosystem management and research. The system aims to provide enhanced automated discrimination of bottom cover types (e.g., live coral, dead coral, algae), detection and counting of coral...
This $149,872 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021), aims to develop a community-driven marine coastal data ecosystem. Cell Matrix Corporation will create a participatory sensor network and scalable cloud service to support geospatial object and database queries. A mobile app will motivate mariners to interact and provide timely geospatial feature updates. The viability of an...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,950,000 Project Grant under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021) to Applied Ocean Sciences, LLC, a small business located in Fairfax Station, Virginia. The grant will fund the continued development of the company's visibility risk assessment tool for maritime operations. This tool leverages ensemble forecasts of environmental variables and machine learning techniques to improve the...
Hydronalix Inc. received a $500,000 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021) to develop NOAA AERIELLE SONAR UAS from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023. The SBIR Program seeks to stimulate technological innovation in the private sector to meet federal research and development needs and increase commercialization of innovations. Under this award, Hydronalix Inc. will provide products...
Blue Ocean Gear Inc. was awarded a $399,613 Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research Program to develop a smart buoy device to locate ropeless fishing gear from February 1, 2021 through July 31, 2022. The SBIR Program seeks to stimulate technological innovation in the private sector and strengthen the role of small businesses in meeting federal research and development needs, including commercialization of...
Geometric Data Analytics Inc. received a $299,804 project grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the Small Business Innovation Research Program to develop artificial intelligence capabilities that improve modeling of complex ocean dynamics and assist in logistical management and planning of uncrewed deployment campaigns. Specifically, the awardee will enhance their Float Field Geometric Health software to better predict future positions of floating sensor...
This $525,000 Project Grant, awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the SBIR program (CFDA 11.021), aims to advance research on the changing ocean by providing detailed insights on the spatial and spectral dynamics of seagrass habitats using innovative hyperspectral satellite imagery analysis. The project outlines five key technical objectives, including the identification of optimal sensor bands, determination of water column properties, and the...
This $699,192 Project Grant awarded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021) supports Armada Marine Robotics Inc.'s development of innovative, scalable ocean monitoring solutions. The grant enables the company to study the feasibility of its operations strategy, which leverages advanced propulsion and ballast technologies to create a new class of uncrewed underwater sensing platforms with enhanced...
The Tcarta Marine LLC federal Project Grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program will support $399,126 in optimization of high resolution multispectral satellite imagery collection and multi-sensor integration for through-the-water space-based seafloor imaging. Funded from February 1, 2021 to October 31, 2023, this SBIR Program award under the NOAA aims to advance coastal hydrographic surveying through custom sensor...