SBIR/STTR Research Award
Low C-SWaP 2.1 micron transmitter for long-range EO/IR sensing
Award amount
$750,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- N.P. PHOTONICS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2024-06-18
- Contract end date
- 2026-09-18
- UEI
- L1XGLKME9BC1
- Solicitation number
- 22.1
- Topic code
- AF221-0002
Research abstract
NP Photonics proposed to develop a low-cost, size, weight, and power (C-SWaP) laser transmitter at 2.1 micron that can be incorporated onto attritable platforms for long-range EO/IR sensing. The proposed laser transmitter has the advantages of low thermal management, high efficiency, and high beam quality. In the Phase I program, we have demonstrated the feasibility of developing a low C-SWaP laser transmitter at 2.1 micron using our unique fiber laser technology. In Phase II, a high-energy IR laser transmitter meeting or exceeding the requirements for attritable platforms will be developed and delivered.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Atmospheric Aerosol Model and Data Collection Over the Marine Boundary Layer for Imaging/Radiofrequency (RF) and Laser Beam Propagation
- Kilowatt Class Fiber Optical Isolator for Submarine High Energy Laser Amplifier
- Nonlinearity mitigated gain fiber development for kW-class fiber lasers
- Space-qualified Single-frequency Blue Lasers for Optical Atomic Clocks
- Optical fiber combiner for combining MWIR quantum cascade laser beams
Awards with the same topic code
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- Attritable High-Performance Tri-Band (SWIR/eSWIR/MWIR) Type-II Superlattice Camera
- Low C-SWaP Long Wavelength Infrared Hyperspectral Imager Technology for Attritable Platforms
- Novel, Low C-SWAP, 2 µm Geiger-Mode APD Arrays for Attritable Platforms
- Novel Low C-SWAP 2 Micron Geiger-Mode APD Arrays for Attritable Platforms
- Low C-SWaP Long Wavelength Infrared Hyperspectral Imager Technology for Attritable Platforms
Research funding history
123 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2025). Reported award amounts total $46,434,512. 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, National Science Foundation