NEXGENSEMI CORPORATION — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N231-073

NEXGENSEMI CORPORATION — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$139,941
Agency
Department of Defense · Navy
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
N231-073
Solicitation
23.1
NAICS
Place of performance
CA
Period
2023-07-18 → 2024-01-15

Description

Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) needs a cost-effective approach to field an FPGA that both address hardware assurance concerns and can meet the objective radiation requirements detailed in request for proposal (RFP) CS-22-1301 to be used in strategic weapons systems.  The current approach is a redesign which is a costly, muti-year re-design and verification resource consuming cycle to protect against potential subversion.  The DoD seeks the ability to meet radiation-hardened requirements while shorten the design cycle and provide rapid digital flight hardware electronics upgraded solutions. The topic seeks additional solutions outside the RHBD and RHBP methods listed. NexGenSemi proposes the investigation of a new type of rad-hard shielding material with an integrated application strategy to meet, mitigate and test the objective requirements outline.  The phase I will extend MS&A radiation exposure properties of the material and define the phase II application and testing to verify performance as well as outline the chip supply execution path using this new novel material.