SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Energy Laser for C-UAS
Award amount
$49,950Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORP
- Proposal award date
- 2018-11-27
- Contract end date
- 2019-11-27
- UEI
- YR8FJBGXWRR1
- Solicitation number
- 18.2
- Topic code
- AF182-003
Research abstract
Both commercial and military laser systems can be effective but have limited applicability for counter unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS). Commercial lasers are underpowered and unsuitable for military environments, while military lasers are too large, heavy, and expensive for tactical applications. In Phase I, we will assess the feasibility of modifying commercial lasers for C-UAS applications. The study will include a range of defense platforms and breadth of solutions for the U.S. government. In Phase II, we will develop and demonstrate the high energy laser. In Phase III, we will integrate and transition the technology into military platforms.
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.
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- Rapid ASCENT Propellant Loading Operations
- On-Demand Repair Part Manufacturing with MRAM
- Extremely Uniform, High Quality, and Isotopically Pure SiC Epiwafers for Quantum
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Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Counter UAS Detection and Discrimination (CU D&D)
- Attachable Jamming Module for C-sUAS
- Force Protection C-sUAS
- Counter-UAS Capabilities Enabled by LIDAR
Research funding history
518 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1987–2025). Reported award amounts total $184,860,329. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Protection Agency