SBIR/STTR Research Award
MicroLens Hyperspectral Imager for Standoff Chemical Detection
Award amount
$499,999Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Office for Chemical and Biological Defense
- Recipient company
- NANOHMICS INC
- Proposal award date
- 2019-08-08
- Contract end date
- 2021-08-07
- UEI
- K39ENMXNLA73
- Solicitation number
- 17.1
- Topic code
- CBD171-002
Research abstract
For standoff chemical identification applications, the longwave infrared has several key lines for spectral discrimination. Unfortunately, most hyperspectral systems are quite large and fragile, making them unwieldy. Nanohmics proposes to demonstrate a chip-scale longwave infrared hyperspectral imaging technology. The weight and packaging volume will be dominated by the fore-optics instead of the spectroscopy solution, readily enabling a battery-powered standoff chemical detector that requires less than 5 pounds. The Phase II program will culminate in a demonstration unit capable of field operation by a dismounted unit or UAV for verification of performance.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- In-situ Multispectral Array Pixelation for Quantum Dot Scene Projectors
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Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- MicroLens Hyperspectral Imager for Standoff Chemical Detection
- MicroLens Hyperspectral Imager for Standoff Chemical Detection
- MicroLens Hyperspectral Imager for Standoff Chemical Detection
- MicroLens Hyperspectral Imager for Standoff Chemical Detection
- MicroLens Hyperspectral Imager for Standoff Chemical Detection
Research funding history
306 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2025). Reported award amounts total $109,302,435. 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 Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Agriculture