KYMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF183-005
KYMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
- Phase I awards fund proof-of-concept work. For capture teams, they mark early interest from Department of Defense in a technical approach.
- Watch for Phase II follow-ons from the same firm/topic family — that conversion path is where budgets and transition pressure rise.
- Obligated amount $50,000. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
- Topic code AF183-005 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $50,000
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- AF183-005
- Solicitation
- 18.3
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- NC
- Period
- 2018-11-26 → 2019-02-14
Description
This work is focused on identifying the tradeoffs associated with modifying Kyma’s existing photoconductive semiconductor switch (PCSS) technology in order to tailor the technology for applications of interest to the Air Force. The currently available PCSS devices were designed without any specific application in mind. Since there are inherent tradeoffs in terms of power handling, optical power requirements, size, and cost for the devices, it is possible that minor changes to the fabrication process, packaging, or implementation of the existing PCSS device will find utility within the AF in heretofore undiscovered application spaces.