ARETE ASSOCIATES — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N192-120

ARETE ASSOCIATES — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$139,901
Agency
Department of Defense · Navy
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
N192-120
Solicitation
19.2
NAICS
Place of performance
CA
Period
2019-11-08 → 2020-05-06

Description

Areté Associates proposes to design and build a robust and rugged turbulent velocity sensor for navy use on a variety of underwater platforms. Using a combination of physics based modeling and prior experience designing, building, and operating submarine based sensors and oceanic turbulence and microstructure systems, we will produce a new sensor design meeting Navy requirements for submarine and UUV integration and operation (exposure to harsh environments, operation at speeds up to 5 knots, impact resistance) which produces measurements of 3 orthogonal velocity components over the specified frequency band of 0.025–250 Hz in a variety of flow conditions. This new sensor will provide the Navy with reliable measurements of oceanic turbulence, complimenting existing environmental measurements made from submersible platforms while extending environmental sensing capabilities of existing and future Navy undersea platforms.