SBIR/STTR Research Award
MULTIAPERTURE OPTICAL SYSTEM RESEARCH
Award amount
$161,085Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1985Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Rts Laboratories Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH EFFORT IS TO BUILD AND DEMONSTRATE A FUNCTIONING MULTIAPERTURE OPTICAL (MAO) SYSTEM OPERATING IN THE IR AND MEASURE THE MINIMUM REQUIRED SNR FOR DETECTION OF AN UNRESOLVED POINT TARGET. ALSO A MATHEMATICAL MODEL WILL BE DEVELOPED TO SIMULATE THE PERFORMANCE OF A MAO SYSTEM BASED ON REALISTIC DETECTOR DATA FOR VARIOUS GEOMETRICAL DESIGNS OF THE MAO SYSTEM (PHASE I). INNOVATIVE CONCEPTS FOR IR PHOTOMULTIPLICATION AND ACTIVE MODE (LIDAR) OPERATIONS WILL BE INTEGRATED INTO INEXPENSIVE AND VERSATILE MAO SYSTEMS WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF APPLICATIONS AND FLEXIBILITY (PHASE II).
Technology keywords
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