SBIR/STTR Research Award
Next-Gen Infrared Scene Projector for Hypersonic Hardware-in-the-loop Test and Evaluation
Award amount
$149,991Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2022Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- Kent Optronics, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2021-12-06
- Contract end date
- 2022-06-05
- UEI
- D6M2SL1TEZK3
- Solicitation number
- 21.2
- Topic code
- MDA21-018
Research abstract
In this SBIR Phase I proposal, Kent Optronics and its partner Boulder Nonlinear Systems propose to develop a technological road map towards a 8k x 8k dual-band short wave/mid wave infrared scene projection (SP) display based on the currently developed 1356´x 1356 16-bit liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) via a hybrid approach. The program will yield an ultra-high performance SP system in SWIR to be combined with mid-wave infrared (MWIR) and eventually long-wave infrared (LWIR) to become a multispectral (MS) SP system. In Phase I, a thorough trade analysis on the IRSP system design will be performed, evaluating the technical feasibility and financial affordability. In Phase II, a prototype will be developed in coordination with the sponsor’s goals and delivered to the sponsor’s chosen facility. The fully packaged advanced IRSP prototype will be qualified and delivered. Approved for Public Release | 21-MDA-11013 (19 Nov 21)
Technology keywords
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Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Coherent High-Power Adaptive Beam Control System (CHABCS) for Maritime Laser Applications
- Universal Apparatus & Method to Certify Infrared Optical Material Properties
- Ultrawide Transmission Range for Variable Transmission Eyewear (VTE)
- Atmospheric Transmission Laser Measurement System (ATLMS) for ground-based atmospheric measurements in 0.2-14 ?m
- Blackbody Tiling Calibration System (BTCS)
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Next-Gen Infrared Scene Projector for Hypersonic Hardware-in-the-loop Test and Evaluation
- Ultra High Apparent Temperature Large Format DMD-based IR Scene Projector
- Advanced Superlattice LED System (ASLEDS)
- Next-Gen Infrared Scene Projector for Hypersonic Hardware-in-the-loop Test and Evaluation (ASLEDS)
- Next Gen 64 Megapixel Thermal Scene Projector Based on Dual Band Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Array
Research funding history
65 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2000–2025). Reported award amounts total $23,387,395. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration