FIBERTEK, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N171-089
FIBERTEK, INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $124,665
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- N171-089
- Solicitation
- 2017.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- VA
- Period
- 2017-06-01 → 2017-12-01
Description
The focus of this topic is the development of an FSO terminal capable of simultaneously communicating with multiple platforms over a full 360 degrees in azimuth. Single beam free space optical communication allows high-speed point-to-point data links. However, an optical terminal with two or more beams can act as a communications relay allowing the construction of optical communications networks. With this in mind, the Navy is funding the development of a multi-beam transmit/receive capability that can be deployed on USN/USMC platforms. The Navy has requested a terminal with at least two independently directed links which would allow the formation of a ring network, with up to as many as four independent terminals, to allow the construction of self-forming mesh networks.