SBIR/STTR Research Award
Ultra Compact Cloud Physics Lidar for UAV Platforms
Award amount
$99,994Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2007Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- SIGMA SPACE CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- 2007-01-19
- Contract end date
- 2008-01-18
- UEI
- WT6FM3DKDZW1
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- T4.01
Research abstract
We propose a compact two color, polarization sensitive instrument to measure cloud characteristics from high altitude UAV and can also be widely deployed as inexpensive ground based ceilometers and aerosol finders. The instrument will be modular, can operate with one or two wavelengths, and can measure depolarization or not depending on the need. The instrument is expected to be in two boxes, an optics box and an electronics box, each about half a cubic foot in size. If desired, the two boxes can be attached for a single box solution. Fiber optical technology will be used to minimize critical optical alignments and permit field replacement of the laser and detectors. Micro-optic fiber components will be used to separate the colors before detection.
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.
- A Next Generation Imaging for Space Application
- Light Weight Coastal Topographic/ Bathymetric Charting System for Naval Unmanned Airborne Vehicles
- Wavelength Drift Corrector for Wind Lidar Receivers
- Ultra Compact Cloud Physics Lidar for UAV Platforms
- Identification and Classification of Invasive Insects Using Audible Signals
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Research funding history
17 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2001–2015). Reported award amounts total $4,651,796. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense, Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy