SBIR/STTR Research Award
VUV/IR Identification and Tracking (VUV/IR-IT)
Award amount
$139,991Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- OPTO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INC
- Proposal award date
- 2023-07-13
- Contract end date
- 2024-01-09
- UEI
- RJH6GQUD3BT5
- Solicitation number
- 23.1
- Topic code
- N231-020
Research abstract
We present a groundbreaking technology for detecting, tracking, and identifying hypersonic vehicles that goes beyond the traditional spectral bands of the Overhead Persistent Infrared (OPIR) system. Through a comprehensive model of sensor characteristics, orbital parameters, target and background signatures, and glide/dive trajectories, we will optimize our sensor design and orbit using AI/ML techniques to achieve maximum detection and tracking capabilities.
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
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Detection and Tracking of Hypersonic Missiles Using EO/IR Sensors
- OHMT: Optical Hypersonic Missile Tracker
- Detection and Tracking of Hypersonic Missiles from Glide-to-Terminal Phase using LightShift Infrared Spectral Sensors
- SHOT - Sensor for Hypersonic Object Tracking
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