SBIR/STTR Research Award
ASSESSMENT OF SINGLE-MODE FIRER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY ON MISSILE GUIDANCE
Award amount
$473,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1984Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- General Optronics Corp
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO ASSESS THE APPLICATION OF SINGLE-MODE FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY TO MISSILES THAT CAN SEEK OUT AND DESTROY THE TARGET AT EXTENDED RANGES IN A LOCK ON AFTER LAUCH MODE. CURRENT FIBER-GUIDED MISSILE SYSTEMS ARE LIMITED IN BOTH DATA RATE AND LINK LENGTH BECAUSE THEY UTILIZE MULTI-MODE FIBER AND OPERATE AT A LOWER WAVE LENGTH OF .8 MICRONS. THIS STUDY WILL ASSES THE FEASIBILITY AND COST\PERFORMANCE OF UTILIZING SINGLE-MODE FIBER AND LASERS AT HIGHER DATA RATES AND LINK LENGTHS.
Technology keywords
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