SBIR/STTR Research Award

Surfzone Water Properties Sensor

Award identifier 72a1099a8b03cfdd3b8ae5c8cdf339aa6b1763537d0a691ce4ad0a9a35b3ddedAwarding agency Department of Defense · Navy

Award amount

$749,999

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase II

Award year

2008

Award details

Awarding agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Recipient company: Western Environmental Tech. Laboratories
Proposal award date: 2008-09-24
Contract end date: 2012-03-15
UEI: K2LJV6HCF7M4
Solicitation number: 2007.1
Topic code: N07-079

Research abstract

An inherently scalable solution for determining optical properties important for surfzone mine-countermeasures (MCM) and basic research will be developed. Our approach is to develop a nominally expendable SWAN (Surfzone Water Attenuation Node) drifter that will measure beam attenuation, log GPS, and wirelessly telemeter this data using inexpensive wi-fi technology. An extended version, the SWAN-M drifter, will also be equipped with a 17-angle volume scattering function device called the MASCOT, specifically modified for this application. Optical data will be inverted to provide compositional information about particle fields.

Technology keywords

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Research funding history

19 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1991–2010). Reported award amounts total $4,159,172. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase I, Phase II

Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation

Agency intelligence

Department of Defense

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