DIGITAL OPTICS TECHNOLOGIES INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: MDA14-019
DIGITAL OPTICS TECHNOLOGIES INC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
Phase II SBIR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where Department of Defense funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
- Use this award as past-performance context and to map customer organizations for STRATFI/TACFI-style transition planning.
- Obligated amount $1,498,556 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code MDA14-019 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $1,498,556
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- MDA14-019
- Solicitation
- 2014.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- IL
- Period
- 2016-06-10 → 2019-09-10
Description
There is a need for tactical IMUs with better accuracy than the state of the art. We at Digital Optics Technologies (DOT) have been developing the superluminal ring laser gyroscope (SRLG) and superluminal ring laser accelerometer (SRLA). During Phase I of this program, we developed a new design that serves both functions simultaneously, a superluminal ring laser gyroscope and accelerometer (SRLGA). Three SRLGAs combined will produce a superluminal inertial measurement unit (SIMU).Performance parameters for the SIMU are expected to be at least four orders of magnitude better than those for current tactical grade IMUs while meeting the SWaP goals of this program. In Phase II, we will take the laboratory-scale SRLGA we have already assembled and use it as the basis to develop a portable SRLGA that will fit in a 16x20x7 box which will be tested and evaluated. We will also develop the complete design of a compact SIMU that will meet the SWaP goals of less than 20 cubic inches in volume, weighing 1 pound, and using 5W of power, and be robust toshock, vibration and radiation.Construction, testing and commercialization of the SIMU will occur in Phase III. Honeywell will serve as a subcontractor.