SBIR/STTR Research Award
Built in Test (BIT) Capability for Multi-Mode (MM) Fiber Data Networks
Award amount
$747,338Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2016Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- ULTRA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2016-08-02
- Contract end date
- 2018-08-02
- UEI
- XJWHA6PGHM25
- Solicitation number
- 2015.1
- Topic code
- AF151-051
Research abstract
This program creates technology for health monitoring/diagnostics of fiber optic networks and isolating fiber faults to 1 cm resolution.The approach integrates fiber monitoring technology directly into the fiber optic transceivers.This strategy would create 100% fiber optic network coverage, with no disruption to the existing network infrastructure.The technology has built-in-test capability of link-loss, link-bandwidth, transceiver health monitors (temperature, laser voltage, electrical signal integrity) and optical time domain reflectometer fiber fault detection (OTDR) to 1 cm resolution.We will enable mil-avionic maintainers to isolate faults within the cable plant to a specific section of the pathway and specify the type of fault, reducing the time required for diagnostics.
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.
- Built-In Test Capable Aircraft Sensor and Stores Fiber Optic Interface - Star Coupled Net with BIT
- Multi-Wavelength and Built-in Test Capable Local Area Network Node Packaging
- High-Speed Data Transmission in Multimode Fiber
- Robust Optic Signal Distribution within Enclosures for Aerospace Applications
- Radiation Hardened Optoelectronics for Optical Interconnects
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Built in Test (BIT) Capability for Multi-Mode (MM) Fiber Data Networks
- Built in Test (BIT) Capability for Multi-Mode (MM) Fiber Data Networks
Research funding history
58 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2005–2017). Reported award amounts total $22,990,939. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy