SBIR/STTR Research Award
PASSIVE SENSORS FOR APPLICATION TO LOW OBSERVABLE AIRCRAFT
Award amount
$49,953Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- E-tek Dynamics Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
IN PHASE I, E-TEK WILL ANALYZE, DESIGN AND OPTIMIZE AN INNOVATIVE PASSIVE MAGNETIC SENSORING SYSTEM TO DETECT LOW OBSERVABLE AIRCRAFT. THIS INNOVATIVE MAGNETIC SENSORING SYSTEM PROVIDES <10 X-13 GAUSS SENSITIVITY, GREATER THAN 4 GHZ FREQUENCY RESPONSE, LESS THAN 0.1%/DEGREE THERMAL STABILITY, EXCELLENT ABILITY TO RESIST WEATHER/ELECTRICAL, VEHICLE INTERFERENCE IMMUNITY TO LASER/MICROWAVE RADIATION. WITH E-TEK'S MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING INTEGRATED OPTICAL DEVICES, NONLINEAR MAGNETIC-OPTIC MATERIALS, HIGH FREQUENCY MODULATORS, COMPUTER-AIDED MODELING AND SOPHISTICATED PACKAGE DESIGN, PHASE I INVESTIGATION WILL LEAD DIRECTLY AND SMOOTHLY TO PHASE II HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION, EVAULATION AND DEMONSTRATION. ANTICIPATED BENEFITS/POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS - 1. ANTENNA NEAR AND FAR FIELD MEASUREMENTS 2. EARTHQUAKE DETECTION 3. OIL PROSPECTING 4. BIOMAGNETIC FIELD DETECTION 5. ELECTRICAL INTELLIGENCE KEY WORDS - HIGH-SENSITIVITY, MAGNETIC, SENSOR, LOW-OBSERVABLE, AIRCRAFT, DETECTING
Technology keywords
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