SBIR/STTR Research Award
Non-Mechanical Scanning LADAR for Enhanced Spacecraft Survivability
Award amount
$99,997Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- Aerius Photonics, LLC.
- Proposal award date
- 2011-06-23
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Y9MJH96A29F3
- Solicitation number
- 2010.3
- Topic code
- MDA10-035
Research abstract
Aerius Photonics proposes to develop a compact light-weight non-mechanical scanning LADAR for enhanced spacecraft survivability. This new technology will be used to detect and track natural and manmade physical threats to spacecraft. Such detection and tracking will allow the spacecraft to respond to a changing situation in order to improve its survivability. The technology will enable a wide field of view and be able to build 3D images of threats. In Phase I, Aerius will provide a system study to include the tradeoffs and operating ranges of several proposed techniques. Aerius will demonstrate scanning and ranging with a high gain receiver. Further tests will determine the radiation hardness for space operations of critical components. In Phase II, Aerius will design and deliver prototype devices, evaluate their performance, long term stress tests and radiation hardness tests.
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.
- 2-Dimensional Phase Controlled Coherent VCSEL Arrays for Military Applications
- Lossless Tunable Filter for Space-Based Photonic Routers
- High Speed, Radiation Hardened Focal Plane Array (FPA) for Hybrid Coherent and Direct Detect Active Imaging Receivers
- Monolithic CMOS LADAR Focal Plane Array (FPA) with a Photonic High-Speed Output Interface
- Readout-Integrated Circuit (ROIC)
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
64 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2004–2011). Reported award amounts total $25,631,337. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce, National Aeronautics and Space Administration