Atmospheric Ice Detection and Avoidance System for Fixed and Rotary Wing Aircraft Navy SBIR FY2014.2 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2014.2 Topic No.: N142-101 Topic Title: Atmospheric Ice Detection and Avoidance System for Fixed and Rotary Wing Aircraft Proposal No.: N142-101-0471 Firm: FIRST RF CORPORATION 5340 Airport Blvd. Boulder, Colorado 80301 Contact: P. Kelly Phone: (303) 449-5211 Web Site: firstrf.com Abstract: FIRST RF Corporation proposes the development and integration of a low-cost, low-SWaP, Integrated System for Avoidance of Ice-producing Airborne Hazards (ISAIAH). This system will be lightweight (~15 lbs) and draw minimal prime power (less than 100W), but will dramatically widen the window of available operating conditions to Navy and Marine Corps aircraft systems by providing realtime 3D ice hazard detection. The ISAIAH system will be comprised of a ruggedized, near-COTS radiometer system by Radiometrics Corporation, and augmented with a robust 2-D scanning antenna by FIRST RF Corporation, which will allow the system to rapidly create a 3D mapping of supercooled liquid water in the aircraft's vicinity, allowing the pilot to avoid icing and permitting flight in conditions normally precluded because of the danger of icing. Benefits: The ISAIAH icing-hazard sensing system will provide at least three important benefits to joint forces operating in conditions where aircraft icing is of potential risk: 1. Increased flight availability for ISAIAH-equipped fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, even under extreme conditions, due to the ability to sense and avoid airborne icing hazards continuously during takeoff, flight, and landing. 2. Increased effective aircraft ranges, due to reduced icing and its attendant impacts on airframe efficiency. 3. High levels of ice avoidance to non-ISAIAH-equipped systems due to network-enabled sharing of three-dimensional icing hazard data. Return