SBIR/STTR Research Award
Night Owl Universal Optics for Uncooled LWIR Applications
Award amount
$695,559Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2002Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Advanced Optical Systems, Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- VY8ANDKL5ZJ7
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
"ADVANCED OPTICAL SYSTEMS, INC. (AOS) offers an innovative approach to the development of universal, inexpensive optics for uncooled IR applications with their Night Owl design. The requirements of small f-number optics and variable focal length to ensureuniform testing of various uncooled IR detectors are investigated. The proposed solution offers three f/1, diffraction limited systems for NetFires, Manportable, and Submunitions applications. The configurations are all refractive, all reflective, andcatadioptic. Coupled with innovative replication techniques, the Night OwlSystem offers significant cost savings and has direct application to missile seekers."
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.
- Advanced Vehicle Recovery System (AVRS)
- Semi-Autonomous, Reliable, Safe Recovery of the Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) in Various Sea States.
- Innovative Sensor Packaging and Testing
- Rapid Assembly and Alignment of Electro-Optical Sensor Payloads
- Innovative Sensor Packaging and Testing
Research funding history
44 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1986–2015). Reported award amounts total $14,772,953. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration