SBIR/STTR Research Award
Infrared Imaging Sensor Payload for High-Speed Flight Environments
Award amount
$1,399,791Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- POLARIS SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2025-04-07
- Contract end date
- 2027-04-09
- UEI
- QLWWT11B15B3
- Solicitation number
- 24.4
- Topic code
- AF244-D009
Research abstract
The proposed effort will develop, test, and fly a sensor suite onboard Kratos’ Hypervelocity Test Bed, dubbed “Erinyes”. The goal of this effort is to characterize seeker window performance in situ and telemeter relevant data to the ground, prior to loss. The proposed effort will select and customize various technologies from our Aero-Optics Kit, developed specifically for this purpose and proven at multiple ground test facilities including the Mach 7 high-enthalpy leg of AEDC’s Tunnel 9.
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.
- Large Aperture Testing for Electro Optic Seekers
- Infrared Window Aerothermal Response Model for Hardware-in-the-Loop
- On Demand Polarimetric Upgrade Kit demonstrated with a SWIR/MWIR SWARMS optical tracking camera
- SkyPASS Next-Gen Single Aperture Day/Night Compass with Sky Polarization and Star Tracking
- Polarized enhanced sensor
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
131 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2025). Reported award amounts total $76,407,877. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Commerce