SBIR/STTR Research Award

Downrange Crosswind Sensor for Small Arms Fire Control

Award identifier d9baffaeeed9595037a0d8881c5133aa967581bb0bca8dc52e19d99573f5906eAwarding agency Department of Defense · Army

Award amount

$998,467

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase II

Award year

2019

Award details

Awarding agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Recipient company: ARETE ASSOCIATES
Proposal award date: 2018-10-30
Contract end date: 2021-07-23
UEI: DMKEXJ8NQ4C5
Solicitation number: 12.2
Topic code: A12-103

Research abstract

Areté Associates proposes to develop a low-SWaP-C, rifle-mounted downrange crosswind sensor operating at the eye-safe wavelength of 1.5 microns for rapid ballistic correctional calculations. The sensor will use standard-issue batteries and include a simple user interface and display. The error on the crosswind measurement will be less than 1.5 m/s for winds from 0 to 20 m/s, up to a range of 1.5 km. The effort will also include an assessment of wind sensing technologies suitable for long range precision fires and technology enhancement studies for extending the application of the crosswind sensor platform to include additional functionality.

Technology keywords

Not reported

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Research funding history

417 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1994–2025). Reported award amounts total $220,044,517. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II

Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security