ARETE ASSOCIATES — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF191-079
ARETE ASSOCIATES — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $149,998
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- AF191-079
- Solicitation
- 19.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2019-06-20 → 2020-06-20
Description
Areté proposes an eyesafe Next Generation Laser Designator solution suitable for longer acquisition range, longer designation range, PRFs up to 10s of kHz rates, and higher pulse energies than current systems. An emphasis of this SBIR effort is achieving high beam-quality. Combined with SWIR-band wavelengths favorable for low-scattering and high atmospheric transmission, the good beam quality will enable fine aimpoint selection at long range. The solution will be built upon Areté’s proprietary laser technology to achieve a low-SWaP transmitter suitable for air, ground, and man-portable platforms. In the Phase-I, we will investigate the feasibility and risks associated with our proposed technical innovations, and show that our laser technology can meet all program requirements in a robust and elegant design.