ADROIT MATERIALS, INC. — Department of Defense STTR Phase II: ST18C-003
ADROIT MATERIALS, 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.
- At $1,500,000, this is a large obligation for typical SBIR Phase sizing — worth reviewing for scope breadth and teaming opportunity.
- Topic code ST18C-003 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $1,500,000
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase II
- Topic
- ST18C-003
- Solicitation
- 18.C
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- NC
- Period
- 2020-02-06 → 2023-04-04
Description
The objective of this project is to develop a compact and efficient avalanche photodiode (APD), operating between 210-260 nm, for implementation in the next generation bio-chem-detectors. The proposed detectors will be based on the AlGaN materials system and will be solar blind, highly sensitive, smaller, less expensive, and more robust than current UV detectors. Development of such APDs will enable enhanced detection and discrimination of biological and chemical compounds (e.g., nerve agents, explosives, or bacteria) using Raman spectroscopy. Results from this project will complement previous achievements from DARPA in the field of UV light sources (LUSTER) and find immediate application in the military and commercial sector.