SBIR/STTR Research Award
A 4-Dimensional Lightning Mapper
Award amount
$70,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2002Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- OPTO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- RJH6GQUD3BT5
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
The proposed sensor is designed to produce radiance maps of short lived events such as lightning in 4 (or 5) dimensions including temporal, 3D spatial, and spectral space. This sensor, for the first time, will enable the study of the spatial and spectral contents at a high temporal resolution of short lived events that until now could only be resolved spectrally, or spatially, or temporally, but not simultaneously in all dimensions. The proposed program is geared towards building a demonstration unit during Phase-I using primarily hardware existing in-house.
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.
- CAS sensor for ISRU propellant production
- Threat Detection from Space in the UV-IR (TD-UVIR).
- A Generalized Mobile Target Tracking (MTT) Solution for Loitering Munitions
- Optical probe for static pressure measurements in vitiated flows for ground test facilities
- In-line, real-time gas sensor utilizing a novel, multi-modal spectroscopy concept
Research funding history
180 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1991–2025). Reported award amounts total $90,018,148. 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 Energy, Department of Commerce