SBIR/STTR Research Award
Reliable Laser Ignition System for Gas Turbine Engines
Award amount
$79,953Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2014Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- NOVA PHOTONICS INC
- Proposal award date
- 2014-05-08
- Contract end date
- 2014-11-10
- UEI
- RFALGF4H8N23
- Solicitation number
- 2014.1
- Topic code
- N141-021
Research abstract
Spark igniter system failures are a leading cause of gas turbine engine removal from aircraft. To insure relight in the event of engine shutdown at altitude, a high-voltage, high-energy spark is required. The igniter is eroded by each discharge, limiting its lifetime under normal operating conditions. Frequent engine startups shorten the igniter life. Nova Photonics, Inc proposes a laser ignition system to replace existing electrical spark systems. The igniter is based on a passively Q-switched solid state laser.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- A Tunable Yb:YAG/VBG Laser
- Compact UV Laser for Fusion Diagnostics
- Coded Aperture Techniques for High-Throughput Imaging Spectroscopy
- Wide Field Tunable Optical Filter
- SBIR Phase II: Barrier Centrifuge for Aluminum Purification
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Improved Reliability Laser Based Ignition System
- Turbojet Laser Ignition System
- Improved Reliability Laser Based Ignition System
Research funding history
28 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2000–2019). Reported award amounts total $11,665,699. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration