SBIR/STTR Research Award
Extremely Low Cost Sensors for Small Spacecraft
Award amount
$150,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- NANOHMICS INC
- Proposal award date
- 2019-01-31
- Contract end date
- 2020-01-31
- UEI
- K39ENMXNLA73
- Solicitation number
- 18.2
- Topic code
- AF182-115
Research abstract
The cryogenic temperatures required for many traditional infrared detectors limits their viability for many Air Force-relevant platforms including cubesats, smallsats, and UAVs. To support improved detection capabilities on these platforms, Nanohmics proposes to develop a high-sensitivity GHz-bandwidth room-temperature IR detector. The underlying detector technology will enable and advance several emerging laser-based remote sensing technologies relevant to the Air Force including lidar, frequency comb spectroscopy, and lasercom.
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.
- In-situ Multispectral Array Pixelation for Quantum Dot Scene Projectors
- Meta-optic Spectropolarimeter For Heliophysics Imaging
- High Efficiency, Modular T-form Space Refrigeration
- Catalytic Aptazymes for Robust OP Nerve Agent Protection
- Inversely-designed dispersion-engineered electrically small antennas
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Extremely Low Cost Lidar Sensor for Small Spacecraft
- Snapshot Hyperspectral Missile Warning Sensor
- Uncooled Radiation-Hard InGaAs Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR) Photon-Sensing Integrated Circuit (PSIC) Video Imager as Low-Cost Payload for Small Spacecraft
- Mid-Infrared LiDAR for Small Spacecraft
- Extremely Low Cost Sensors for Small Spacecraft
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