SBIR/STTR Research Award
Scalable Adaptive Fiber-Array Elements (SAFARE) for Directed Energy Phased Arrays
Award amount
$749,915Program and phase
STTR · Phase IIAward year
2015Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- MV INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2015-04-06
- Contract end date
- 2017-04-20
- UEI
- KGLMBKHC38M5
- Solicitation number
- 2012.2
- Topic code
- AF12-BT13
Research abstract
Optonicus, in collaboration with the University of Dayton has demonstrated the feasibility of a new Scalable Adaptive Fiber-Array Elements (SAFARE) phased fiber-array beam director architecture in Phase I to address the DoD need for HEL directed energy systems. The SAFARE system integrates a new high fill factor fiber-array architecture with novel imaging, sensing, and control capabilities that enable power scaling and phase control to come together in one system overcoming the obstacles currently preventing the fielding HEL directed energy technology in airborne platforms. In phase II prototypes of the low SWaP SAFARE fiber-array laser heads will be developed and demonstrated in realistic atmospheric conditions. These scalable laser heads can be used as general building blocks for future directed energy systems. In Phase III Optonicus will commercialize the technology for dual DoD directed energy applications and civilian commercial uses.
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.
- Laser Additive Manufacturing of Seven Thousand Series Aluminum Aircraft Components (LAM-STAAC)
- Test Article Printing with Laser Additive Manufacturing (TAP-LAM) for Threat Surrogate Target Production
- Scalable Adaptive Laser Array for Additive Manufacturing (SALAAM)
- Wide-Area Laser Additive Manufacturing in Metals with Adaptive Beam Shaping (WALAM-ABS)
- Control & Optimization of Multiple Illumination Characteristics (COMIC) of A Pulsed Fiber Array Laser System For Active Imaging Through Fog
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Technology Transitioning of Phase II Scalable Adaptive Fiber-Array Elements (SAFARE)
- Technology Transitioning of Phase II Scalable Adaptive Fiber-Array Elements (SAFARE)
- Transition to the Next Generation High Power Phased Array Transceivers
- Intra-Subaperture Adaptive Optical (ISAO) System
- Subaperture Adaptive Optics for directed energy phased arrays
Research funding history
34 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2011–2018). Reported award amounts total $20,432,756. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense