SBIR/STTR Research Award
Surface Ablation Weapon
Award amount
$49,999Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- DIGIBEAM CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- 2021-04-12
- Contract end date
- 2021-07-14
- UEI
- VBSUFLQPYBN3
- Solicitation number
- X20.3
- Topic code
- AF203-CSO2
Research abstract
Surface Ablation Weapon (SAW) is a non-kinetic endless magazine depth beam technology for new armament delivered capabilities to the battlefield with the potential of multiple “shots” per weapon engagement. Digibeam will investigate the ability to scale this technology for long-range operation, performance and range to deliver an effective system for space applications. Unique to the technology is limited size, weight, and power (SWAP) specific for the space environment as primary requirements for the program. The phase I effort will be limited to investigate requirements, definition and planning for MS&A, scaled testing and partnership productization to be executed during phase II. Dual-use applications includes a scaled-down version for high throughput semiconductor manufacturing and 3D printing.
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.
- Surface Anti-material Weapon
- Dark Lightning
- Shaped Pulse Ion Electron Recombination (SPIER)
- Resubmit of F2D17155 "Extended Range Beam Control Electronics" with 3rd fully signed MOU
- Extended Range Space Lethality
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Hermes - Data Relay to pLEO
- Space Capability for OPIR Ranking and Evaluation (SCORE)
- Catalytic Propellant Decomposition Chamber for Multi-Mode Propulsion
- Dynamic ISR planning with multi-level security access for space asset tasking
- CEPHALOPOD: 21st Century Software for Satellite Proximity Operations
Research funding history
16 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2006–2025). Reported award amounts total $8,187,468. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II – Direct to Phase II, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense