Open Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need

Adelos, Inc. has developed a commercial, ground-based fiber optic sensor for oil and gas pipeline leak detection and right of way intrusion monitoring using specialized optical microphonic amplification and neural net classification: Phosonic. The US Air Force (AF) has identified a need for a Ground Based Threat Detection Threat System (GBTDS) to detect vehicle and human targets up to 150 meters away from an operational ICBM LF. Phosonic is applicable to this USAF need. Based upon performance during an AF RIF Program, Phosonic demonstrated a capability to detect, classify, and localize these targets at TRL 6 level. Incorporating commercial advances in the neural net and optical amplifiers, GSC A3S, AFRL, NWC, and the 20th AF have stated an interest in testing and evaluating Phosonic at an operational ICBM LF for a 12-month period to qualify at TRL 7. Given performance during the RIF and in commercial oil and gas pipeline markets, this Phase 1 proposal represents a low risk approach to meeting and exceeding the AF requirements for ICBM LF perimeter situational awareness in a cost-effective manner, leveraging both existing AF and private investment in the Phosonic optical amplification and neural net classification.