SBIR/STTR Research Award
Laser Magazine for Direct Diode Directed Energy Weapons
Award amount
$239,999Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- FORWARD PHOTONICS LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2024-07-09
- Contract end date
- 2025-09-16
- UEI
- MDA4L3AJHNJ7
- Solicitation number
- 24.1
- Topic code
- N241-066
Research abstract
The objective of this effort is to develop a high brightness directed energy weapon (DEW) with systems components that are used in a replaceable and rechargeable way. This Phase I program will be a design trade study, to determine the best ways to achieve this. Forward Photonics (FP) is leading the way in direct diode DEW with its proprietary wavelength beam combination (WBC) technology, allowing for the first time kW-class direct diode lasers with excellent beam quality. These highly efficient lasers, when paired with low size, weight, and power (SWaP) systems components can greatly add to the utility and universality of such DEW systems.
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.
- Laser Magazine for Direct Diode Directed Energy Weapons
- Visible to Near Infrared Laser Array with Integral Wavelength Beam Combining
- High Brightness Illuminator Using Wavelength Beam Combination
- Wavelength Beam Combination for Multi-Band Countermeasures Applications
- Compact High Efficiency High Energy Laser
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
Research funding history
23 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2013–2025). Reported award amounts total $14,481,880. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Defense