SRICO INC — Department of Defense STTR Phase II: A18B-T002
SRICO INC — STTR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
Phase II STTR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where Department of Defense funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
- Use this award as past-performance context and to map customer organizations for STRATFI/TACFI-style transition planning.
- Obligated amount $1,099,988 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code A18B-T002 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $1,099,988
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Army
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase II
- Topic
- A18B-T002
- Solicitation
- 18.B
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- OH
- Period
- 2021-04-26 → 2023-04-25
Description
This proposal addresses the development of an accurate, traceable, cost effective and compact W-band RF field strength detector. The solution proposed consists of an advanced detector technology which possesses the ability to detect W-band (95 +/- 3 GHz) radiation field strengths over a broad range of input powers. Through optimized device geometries, sensors will be tailored to provide efficient detection of free-space radiation and over a large range of electric field power densities, including 0.1 to 100 milliwatts per square centimeter for “out of beam” safety monitoring and 1 to 100 Watts per square centimeter for focused “in beam” measurements. Additional operating modes are available for vector measurement of frequency dependent magnitude and phase of the incoming W-band energy. While advanced in capabilities and performance, the technology is also compact and cost effective. Under this proposal, W-band sensor elements demonstrated in Phase I will be further optimized and integrated into stand-alone compact instruments that are traceable to a fixed baseline at the National Institute of Standards. Calibration strategies will be addressed for integration of the sensor into self-calibrating W-band sources and other instrumentation. Ten (10) W-band instrument prototypes are planned for delivery to the sponsor for further test and evaluation. This prototyping effort will advance the technology readiness level for the proposed W-band sensor from TRL5 to TRL6.