SBIR/STTR Research Award
Low-Cost High-Power Laser Designator/Rangefinder for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Platforms
Award amount
$69,994Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2003Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- N.P. PHOTONICS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- L1XGLKME9BC1
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
We propose to demonstrate the feasibility of developing a small form factor, high-power long-range laser designator/rangefinder for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) platforms using an NP's proprietary technology, a compact high-powernarrow-linewidth fiber laser. The laser designator/rangefinder is based on coherent frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) reflectometry. This proposed approach promises a very long-range (hundreds kilometers) laser designator/rangefinder with lots ofadvantages over most commercial laser rangefinders based on pulsed lasers, including extremely small beam divergence, very high dynamic range and sensitivity, eye-safety, compactness, ruggedness, and mounting flexibility.
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.
- Atmospheric Aerosol Model and Data Collection Over the Marine Boundary Layer for Imaging/Radiofrequency (RF) and Laser Beam Propagation
- Kilowatt Class Fiber Optical Isolator for Submarine High Energy Laser Amplifier
- Nonlinearity mitigated gain fiber development for kW-class fiber lasers
- Space-qualified Single-frequency Blue Lasers for Optical Atomic Clocks
- Low C-SWaP 2.1 micron transmitter for long-range EO/IR sensing
Research funding history
123 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2025). Reported award amounts total $46,434,512. 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, National Science Foundation