INTERNATIONAL FEMTOSCIENCE, INCORPORATED — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: DMEA231-001
INTERNATIONAL FEMTOSCIENCE, INCORPORATED — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
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- Obligated amount $197,182. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
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- Amount
- $197,182
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Defense Microelectronics Activity
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- DMEA231-001
- Solicitation
- 23.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- TN
- Period
- 2023-08-07 → 2024-02-07
Description
The U.S. Department of Defense has identified a need for the development of a low-cost tri-axis accelerometer. Fuzing applications require the sensing and validation of unique launch environments in order to provide safety prior to arming a munition and these munitions must survive harsh military environments and reliably function during and after high-G acceleration events associated with munition launch. High-G accelerometers have been built. However, current commercially available accelerometers can survive up to only moderate G-loads, do not meet the temperature requirements, are expensive and have a large footprint. International FemtoScience Inc. proposes a tri-axis high-G accelerometer design based on accelerometer flexures fabricated from inexpensive chemical vapor deposited diamond. Diamond-based technology can achieve measurements down to the micro-g range, operate to tens of thousands of G’s and survive shock into the 100KG+ range due to diamond’s elasticity and toughness, with reduced error due environmental factors such as temperature, radiation, and shock. A design and feasibility study will be performed in Phase I detailing the proposed diamond flexure-based accelerometer technology. It will fully describe the proposed techniques and characterization methodologies, including a list of fabrication tools, facility requirements, and a program plan for a follow-on Phase II development.