FA002124C0004

Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Phase II

ANPC TACFI with AFSOC

Advanced Navigation and Positioning Corporation (ANPC) is working to equip DAF warfighters with an Expeditionary Transponder Landing System (ETLS) that functions like a mobile ILS and is capable of providing DoD pilots with CAT I precision approach guidance. A rapidly deployable ETLS with Mode 5 capability is a critical requirement for future combat operations to establish and operate remote, austere airfields in all-weather conditions and in GPS-denied environments. Currently, INDOPACOM & EUCOM do not have existing technology to meet this reemerging requirement and the USAF is lacking a viable expeditionary precision landing solution. Global Access is once again a top priority for AFSOC warfighters and flying squadrons within these COCOMs and they must regain the ability to effectively produce combat air power in never-before-used airfields in a variety of possible locations throughout AORs that will likely experience GPS denial. The ETLS being developed by ANPC will enable AFSOC and Air Component Commanders to deploy expeditionary aircraft into unforeseen locations utilizing a truly portable precision guidance system that requires no change to pilot TTPs or equipment within the cockpit. The ETLS solution will enable the DAF to tactically respond to mission requirements driven by adversarial advances and geopolitical shifts, as operations move away from centralized physical infrastructure toward a network of smaller, dispersed locations that can quickly operate in expeditionary environments.

The goal of phase II is to continue the R&D efforts initiated in Phase I. Funding is based on the results achieved in Phase I and the scientific and technical merit and commercial potential of the project proposed in Phase II.

AFX234-DCSO2

F2D-7748

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Jenna Roeche