SBIR/STTR Research Award
Transparent Silicone Carbide Seeker Windows
Award amount
$144,383Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2018Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2017-11-06
- Contract end date
- 2019-01-05
- UEI
- SCKQA85YU4U4
- Solicitation number
- 2017.2
- Topic code
- MDA17-005
Research abstract
Missile seekers are precision guided munitions that are a key element of modern defense systems.Seekers using laser guidance or imaging require IR-transparent protective windows domes.One of the most challenging applications is in endo-atmospheric interceptors. The ultimate achievable performance of missile seekers under such extreme conditions is limited by the available infrared window materials.In this proposed effort we will examine a window material beta silicon carbide, which has extraordinary thermal and mechanical properties, but which has not yet been made into transparent windows due to significant technological challenges in the processing of the material.The goal of this program is to investigate a process to produce transparent EO/IR windows of beta-SiC. This effort will be carried as a collaboration between RMD and Naval Research Laboratory.Approved for Public Release | 17-MDA-9395(24 Oct 17)
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Transparent Conducting Oxide Based On-Chip Modulators for Applications at Cryogenic Temperatures
- Conformal Neutron Supermirrors by Atomic Layer Deposition
- Lead Chalcogenide Mid-Wave Infrared High Detectivity Detectors
- Enabling Precise Multi-Layer Optical Coatings on Highly Curved Lenses with Atomic Layer Deposition
- Lithium Niobate Crystal Growth and Wafer Fabrication
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Transparent Silicone Carbide Seeker Windows
- High Performance Cooled Seeker Window
- Endo-atmospheric Electro-Optical/Infrared Seeker Windows
- High Performance Cooled Seeker Window
- Advanced Optic Materials for Endo-Atmospheric Seeker Windows
Research funding history
930 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2026). Reported award amounts total $346,950,619. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security