SBIR/STTR Research Award
Very Low Frequency (VLF) Transducer
Award amount
$749,935Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2012Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- IMAGE ACOUSTICS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2012-05-25
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- FVHTE2HRMYE6
- Solicitation number
- 2010.3
- Topic code
- N103-223
Research abstract
This SBIR Phase II Proposal addresses the need for a Very Low Frequency (VLF) transducer"capable of providing continuous wave (CW) output of simultaneous narrowband tones and broadband noise in a frequency band from 1 kHz down to 10 Hz at output levels not less than 150 dB over the entire operating spectrum of the transducer."The transducer must fit into the submarine sea chest. The design, currently used, is hydro-acoustic based and does not appear to fully meet the requirements. Our proposed bender beam design is piezoelectric based, does not require external pressurization, does not produce noise during standby operation, and requires low, if any, maintenance.
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.
- Flow-Exposed Conformal Array Acoustic Elements
- Acoustically Transparent Mid-Frequency SONAR Projector
- Wideband Acoustic Signature Capability for Next Generation Mobile Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Training Target
- 3-inch SONAR Countermeasure
- Acoustically Transparent Mid-Frequency SONAR Projector
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Very Low Frequency (VLF) Transducer
- Very Low Frequency (VLF) Transducer
- Very Low Frequency (VLF) Transducer
- Very Low Frequency (VLF) Transducer
Research funding history
46 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1996–2025). Reported award amounts total $15,012,990. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense