SBIR/STTR Research Award
Portable Imager for Stand-off Detection of Person-Bourne Bulk Military and Homemade Explosives
Award amount
$149,281Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2012Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Homeland Security
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Polestar Technologies, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2012-06-01
- Contract end date
- 2013-04-30
- UEI
- CW9GKK95L7Y8
- Solicitation number
- DHS SBIR-2012.1
- Topic code
- H-SB012.1-003
Research abstract
The overall goal of this SBIR proposal is to develop a portable system for stand-off detection of concealed explosives. The system will produce images showing the presence of the explosives and have the ability to detect and identify different types of military explosives (like TNT, RDX, PETN) as well as home-made chlorate and peroxide-based explosives. The system will have the ability to scan groups of people from a stand-off distance at a data collection rate sufficient to image moving subjects. The system's power and weight will allow it to be portable so that it can be deployed at any required location. The proposed imager could be deployed at mass transit locations, national security event checkpoints, control-entry checkpoints at the entrance to buildings of national importance or at entrances to largely attended sports and entertainent venues.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
54 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1994–2018). Reported award amounts total $17,557,837. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Commerce, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation