SBIR/STTR Research Award
Extremely Low Cost Sensor for Small Spacecraft
Award amount
$149,975Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- FIBERTEK, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2019-01-28
- Contract end date
- 2020-01-28
- UEI
- DX8KTH7JHYC6
- Solicitation number
- 18.2
- Topic code
- AF182-115
Research abstract
Fibertek proposes a novel and extremely low-cost Space Situational Awareness (SSA) sensor with an integrated stand-alone Free Space Optical communication link. The sensor can be separated into 2 modules to support flexible integration into a small sat. The low-cost sensor suite will provide long range and precise 3D lidar threat targets information while enabling short range intra-communication for a Swarm constellation of small sats via an inherently secure Free Space Optical communication link without significant RF emissions. This program proposes to leverage previous NASA development work and adapt the sensor concept to the Air Force mission while drastically reducing the unit cost using low-cost commercial components and a design for manufacturability.
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.
- Compact Lidar Spectrometer for Mars, Lunar Science and ISRU Prospecting
- Optical Wireless Technology for Lunar to Mars
- Space/Aircraft Blue Laser for Underwater Ocean Science, Sensing, and Communications
- Space-Capable Laser for Mars/Lunar ISAM Robotic Vacuum Welding
- Compact Lidar Spectrometer for Lunar Science and ISRU
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
173 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1986–2025). Reported award amounts total $69,654,466. 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, National Science Foundation
Contractor profile
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