Applied Research In Acoustics LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N231-012
Applied Research In Acoustics LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
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- Amount
- $139,526
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- N231-012
- Solicitation
- 23.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- VA
- Period
- 2023-07-13 → 2024-01-09
Description
To realize this transformative opportunity and address the operational challenges of airborne antisubmarine warfare (ASW), ARiA will develop and demonstrate the Metamaterial Signal Processor (MSP). The Phase I effort will (1) develop a detailed concept design and design procedure for an acoustic metamaterial passive signal processing layer that extracts underwater target signatures from acoustic echo signals, (2) demonstrate that the design shows =10X improvement in the SNR and = 1000X reduction in the amount of post-reception and post-detection information requiring A/D D/A conversions, digital processing, and sensor-to-aerial platform transmission, (3) establish feasibility through modeling and simulation to demonstrate the metamaterial’s performance and (4) develop a Phase II plan for MSP including a prototype manufacturing plan to guide development of the prototype solution.