SBIR/STTR Research Award
Enhanced Visual Obscurant and Rapid Dispersal System
Award amount
$99,949Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Special Operations Command
- Recipient company
- PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2006-11-28
- Contract end date
- 2007-05-28
- UEI
- RMG1AZ1ZH8Q7
- Solicitation number
- 2006.1
- Topic code
- SOCOM06-007
Research abstract
Physical Sciences Inc (PSI) proposes to develop non-toxic obscurants based on the use of particle size engineering to optimize their extinction cross sections in the infrared region and the possible incorporation of wavelength selective absorbers into non-toxic FDA-approved host materials. The obscurant materials will be able to block all wavelengths from the visible to the thermal infrared (0.4 to 12 µm). With its partner, General Dynamics Ordinance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS), we propose to implement the obscurant in a novel disseminator specifically engineered for the dispersal of pre-formed particulate obscurants. This dispersal system will have the capability to obscure personnel in rooms, courtyards and other enclosed areas, as well as small unit vehicles.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Off-axis Laser Event Recorder (OALER)
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- Advanced Ruggedized Modulators for Onboard Receivers (ARMOR)
- Modular Bypass Valve for Solid Fuel Ramjets
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Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
1,763 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2026). Reported award amounts total $698,949,224. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency