ATTOLLO ENGINEERING, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: A19-086

ATTOLLO ENGINEERING, LLC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$646,716
Agency
Department of Defense · Army
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase II
Topic
A19-086
Solicitation
19.1
NAICS
Place of performance
CA
Period
2020-07-08 → 2022-05-20

Description

Using a high energy laser for fine tracking and dismantling of a fast-moving target poses a substantial challenge to a SWIR imager.  It requires a fast frame rate, low noise, high dynamic range.  In addition, while it is imaging an illuminator, the imager must also deal with background thermal radiation caused by the high energy laser itself. Existing SWIR imagers are generally not able to provide high speed over a large area (> 512 x 512) while also having high sensitivity.   Attollo Engineering proposes to develop a camera that is capable of > 5 kHz frame rate over a 512x512 array with dynamic range of 16 bits or better.