VECTOR ATOMIC INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: AF182-072
VECTOR ATOMIC INC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
Phase II SBIR 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 $749,987 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code AF182-072 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $749,987
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- AF182-072
- Solicitation
- 18.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2021-04-15 → 2023-04-15
Description
Precise knowledge of position and orientation is essential for modern aerospace and space exploration. Launch vehicles such as Falcon-9 reach their target destination using an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and GPS aiding. Space telescopes use gyroscopes to maintain precise pointing for long intervals, enabling high-resolution images of the Earth. Future missions will require even more precise guidance and navigation to meet mission objectives. The push toward smaller spacecrafts will also necessitate lowering the size, weight, and power, and cost (SWaP-C) of future devices. To address these challenges, Vector Atomic will design the Photonically-Integrated Rubidium Inertial Measurement Unit for Space (PRIMUS).