SBIR/STTR Research Award
Lightweight SiC Composite Optics for High energy Applications
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- ATS-MER, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2004-04-21
- Contract end date
- 2005-04-15
- UEI
- F8HABDW7DVG8
- Solicitation number
- 2004.1
- Topic code
- AF04-008
Research abstract
SiC-composites offer a paradigm shift in the area of large aperture, very low aerial density optics. In addition, MER has found novel solutions to the print-through problem. The fundamental issue addressed in this proposal is the performance of lightweight optics under a laser beam. Small (4" diameter) mirrors with aerial density varying from 2 - 15 Kg/m2 will be fabricated, analyzed and tested under laser conditions. In addition, a projection to very high energy laser condition will be made.
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.
- AM of Layered Structures
- Large Parts Additive Manufacturing
- High Value Carbon Products from Domestic Coal
- Ultra-lightweight Lubrication Free Hybrid Carbon Composite Ring-less Piston Engines for Remotely Piloted Aircraft
- Solid State Non-powder Process for Boron Nitride Nanotube Metal Matrix Composite
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Lightweight Optics for High Energy Applications
- Large Aperture CVC SiC Mirrors for High Energy Laser Applications
- Lightweight Optics for High Energy Applications
- CVC SiC Mirrors Designed for High Energy Laser Applications
Research funding history
464 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1985–2018). Reported award amounts total $100,117,977. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation