SBIR/STTR Research Award
Interferometric Tracker for Nanoradian-Class Missile Illumination and Track
Award amount
$999,485Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2016Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- Optical Physics Company
- Proposal award date
- 2016-07-18
- Contract end date
- 2018-07-17
- UEI
- NNMCZN2CS7D9
- Solicitation number
- 14.2
- Topic code
- MDA14-018
Research abstract
This Phase II will build and demonstrate nanoradian class absolute tracking of remote objects relative to the fixed stars including pointing a track illuminator at the object to similar accuracy. This new capability will be suited both for precision tracking of remote missiles as well as illuminating them reliably as a track source for HEL systems. By adding navigation grade Fiber Optic Gyros (FOGs), platform motions and jitter are well corrected also.
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.
- Compact High Energy Laser Beam Director
- Handheld Celestial Navigation System
- Compact High Energy Laser (HEL) Beam Director
- Non-linear Adaptive Optics
- Small Satellite System for Space Surveillance
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Photon-counting Enhanced Sensor System (PhESS)
- Photon-Counting Enhanced Sensor System (PhESS)
- Interferometric Faint Object Tracker (iFOT) for Missile Defense
Research funding history
70 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2001–2021). Reported award amounts total $35,389,096. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Commerce, Department of Energy