Hybrid Lidar-radar Receiver for Underwater Imaging Applications

Our proposed receiver design will satisfy or exceed the requirements set forth in this solicitation. The key innovation is our melding of approaches – to produce a compact lightweight receiver with onboard processing that leverages picosecond timing resolution and burst acquisition methodology previously implemented by our team. The receiver architecture will utilize electronic gating, automatic gain control, timing and energy normalization and noise reduction onboard processing techniques in addition to digital demodulation to provide an optimal and versatile receiver design. No other off-the-shelf (OTS) solution currently exists to satisfy the Navy’s requirements.