Rhoman Aerospace
Rhoman Aerospace develops vision navigation, adaptive flight control and synthetic-GPS software for UAVs without reliable satellite positioning. Its software integrates through PX4 or ArduPilot, existing cameras and MAVLink payloads for contested-airspace and precision-payload missions.
Facts
- Segment: Avionics
- Country: United States
- Founded: 2015
- Website: https://www.rhoman.aero/
Timeline
- 2024-08-28 - Award - Rhoman Aerospace receives $1.8M USAF STTR for maritime GPS-denied autonomy - The $1,799,600 STTR Phase II award began on August 28, 2024 under contract FA8649-24-P-1112. Rhoman and the Naval Postgraduate School are adapting vision-based alternative navigation for maritime, coastal and open-water environments. The program plans flight… - source: sbir.gov
- 2024-08-01 - Award - Rhoman Aerospace receives $1.9M USAF SBIR for global GPS-denied autonomy - The $1.9 million SBIR Phase II award began on August 1, 2024 under contract FA2541-24-C-B018. The project covers a modular alternative-positioning payload using star tracking, ambient signal sensing, sensor fusion and NVIDIA compute. The planned… - source: sbir.gov
- 2024-01-18 - Award - Rhoman Aerospace receives Navy SBIR for GPS-denied aerial logistics - The $173,450 Navy SBIR Phase I award began on January 18, 2024 under contract N68335-24-C-0173. The project combined Rhoman's GPS-denied navigation, precision landing and detect-and-avoid technology with a production-ready logistics UAV. Workhorse and ANRA… - source: sbir.gov
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Team
- Thomas Youmans - Founder and CEO - Founded Rhoman and leads its UAV autonomy strategy.
- James Croughan - Director of Cloud and Software - Leads cloud and software work.
- Thomas Callen - Business Development and Advisor - Supports commercialization and business development.
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Relations
- United States Navy - Sbir Phase I Awarding Agency - The U.S. Navy awarded Rhoman Aerospace $173,450 for GPS-denied autonomous aerial logistics and deconfliction.
- United States Air Force - Sbir And Sttr Awarding Agency - The U.S. Air Force awarded Rhoman Aerospace successive SBIR and STTR projects for night-time, global and maritime GPS-denied autonomy.
- Firestorm Labs - UAV Demonstration Partner - Rhoman Aerospace plans maritime GPS-denied autonomy demonstrations on a Firestorm Labs UAV.
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