SBIR/STTR Research Award
Color Night Vision for Detection, Indications, and Warnings
Award amount
$99,962Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2003Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- OPTO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- RJH6GQUD3BT5
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
The technology addressed is related to electro-optical sensors and specifically to image intensified night vision video cameras and goggles. Specifically we address equipment that can be used to enhance ship perimeter security, harbor protection, as wellas support for surveillance, reconnaissance, and offensive activities by Special Operations Forces.Scene understanding, perception, orientation and reaction time are drastically reduced at night, reducing the defensive and offensive ability of the warfighter. Night vision equipment brings back some of the lost capabilities but the human brain is
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.
- CAS sensor for ISRU propellant production
- Threat Detection from Space in the UV-IR (TD-UVIR).
- A Generalized Mobile Target Tracking (MTT) Solution for Loitering Munitions
- Optical probe for static pressure measurements in vitiated flows for ground test facilities
- In-line, real-time gas sensor utilizing a novel, multi-modal spectroscopy concept
Research funding history
180 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1991–2025). Reported award amounts total $90,018,148. 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, Department of Commerce