SBIR/STTR Research Award
Window Material for High Energy Laser Application
Award amount
$1,384,680Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- SURMET CORP
- Proposal award date
- 2004-06-08
- Contract end date
- 2007-10-08
- UEI
- P559PBN6LX76
- Solicitation number
- 2003.1
- Topic code
- AF03-124
Research abstract
Transparent ALON polycrystalline ceramic is a durable window material currently under development for high energy lasers (HEL) operating at near infrared wavelengths (NIR). ALON has high transparency, high strength and hardness and can be economically scaled to large widow sizes up to 600 mm diameter. Methods of reducing the optical absorption and scatter have been developed which will allow ALON to be used for this application. These methods must be scaled from laboratory size specimens to full size windows for demonstration of the capabilities of ALON optical ceramic for HEL windows. In this Phase II development effort the laboratory processes developed in Phase I will be scaled to 340 mm diameter windows and processes for large window blank production and optical fabrication will be developed.
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.
- Develop and Demonstrate Improved Transparent Armor for Army Systems
- Closing Army-Identified Supply Chain Gaps for Aging Weapon Systems
- Developing Qualified Source for DLA Identified NSN
- Improved Method for Optical Fabrication of Conformal ALON Sensor Windows
- Improved Curved Transparent Ceramic Structural Components for Vehicle Armor
Research funding history
117 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1993–2025). Reported award amounts total $45,025,722. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Homeland Security