SBIR/STTR Research Award
Wedged Array of Resonant Detectors Enabling Non-dispersive Spectroscopy (WARDENS)
Award amount
$180,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- SK Infrared LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2025-04-21
- Contract end date
- 2025-10-21
- UEI
- H9KWYKZ4YFL7
- Solicitation number
- 24.3
- Topic code
- SF243-0002
Research abstract
This project will develop a cryo-vacuum-compatible compact infrared spectrometer using recently-demonstrated resonant cavity technology. The resonant cavity design incorporates spectral selectivity into the detector itself, eliminating the need for extraneous, unreliable system components. This will enhance the spectral sensing capability of space simulation chambers at Arnold Air Force Base’s Space Systems Test Facility. Their improved capability will allow for faster, more reliable testing of high-performance interceptors and surveillance sensors.
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.
- Tailored Resonantly Integrated Mid-wave infrared (TRIM) Array
- Superlattice-based Infrared for Guidance and High-temperature Targeting (SIGHT)
- Large Area SiGeSn Detector Arrays
- Tunable Resonantly Integrated Mid-wave infrared (TRIM) Detector
- Longwave-infrared Avalanche Detectors with Superlattices (LANDS)
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
29 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2010–2025). Reported award amounts total $12,860,322. 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, National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy