SBIR/STTR Research Award
81mm Mortar Optical Guidance System
Award amount
$2,951,921Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Special Operations Command
- Recipient company
- OPTO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INC
- Proposal award date
- 2023-06-06
- Contract end date
- 2024-12-09
- UEI
- RJH6GQUD3BT5
- Solicitation number
- 18.2
- Topic code
- SOCOM182-001
Research abstract
For decades 81mm mortars have always been an indirect area suppression weapon. Aiming the mortar tube on the correct vector and getting the tube elevation angle and charge calculation accurate enough to strike the intended target on the 1st, 2nd, or even 3rd round is very rare. This consistently results in time, ammunitions, cost, and communication effort being wasted for both the mortar team and the forward observer. Further mortars often hit close enough to frighten or cause enemies to retreat only for them to return and reengage later. This area weapon rarely eliminates or neutralizes the targeted threat.
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.
- 81mm Mortar Guidance Package
- Munition Guidance Package for Use in a GPS and Laser Denied Environment
- Guidance System for Autonomous Medium Caliber Munition
- SWIR Imaging for Accurate Targeting of 40 mm Grenades and Small Rockets
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