SBIR/STTR Research Award
Free-Space Optical Communications: Light Detection and Ranging Enhanced Data Delivery
Award amount
$99,999Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2013Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- MZA ASSOCIATES CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- 2012-11-26
- Contract end date
- 2013-05-31
- UEI
- YEG4AQRRQFC6
- Solicitation number
- 2012.2
- Topic code
- A12-089
Research abstract
Over the past few years, lidar programs have collected 3-D imagery enabling unprecendented views of the battlefield. Unfortunately, lidar systems collect such large volumes of data that it is not available in real time. This SBIR Phase I proposal suggests a research program to design low-SWaP free-space optical communication (FSOC) system to download lidar data to a ground station at high data rates. The proposal begins with analysis of the atmospheric path and system requirements including the effects of turbulence. It continues with scaled laboratory experiments and studies of pre-processing and formatting. Finally, a concrete design for an objective FSOC system is offered.
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.
- Suggestive Modular AI-based Real-Time (SMART) Battle Management
- LEO Debris Tracking and Remediation Using Advanced Beam Control
- Sensor Platform for Optical Tracking of Launches and Intelligent T&E (SPOTLITE)
- Fast Wavefront Sensing for Mitigating Aero-Optical Effects
- Bistatic Engagement Algorithms and Methodologies (BEAM) PH II
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Dual-Mode Continuous-Wave Ladar and Optical Communications System
- Free-Space Optical Communications: Light Detection and Ranging Enhanced Data Delivery
- Dual-Mode Continuous-Wave Ladar and Optical Communications System
Research funding history
120 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1995–2025). Reported award amounts total $68,625,691. 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