MV INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: A15-035
MV INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $99,913
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- A15-035
- Solicitation
- 2015.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- OH
- Period
- 2015-09-04 → 2016-03-02
Description
The wireless projection of power to a remote location has been a recognized DoD need for decades, particularly in UAV applications. To meet this need Optonicus proposes the development of an Optical Power Transmission system with Adaptive Beam Shaping (OPT_ABS) . The proposed OPT_ABS system uses transmitted laser power that is generated in a gimbal-mounted adaptive fiber-array laser system composed of array of densely packed adaptive fiber-collimators. The OPT_ABS laser head with sensors and imaging and tracking telescopes is mounted on the roof of a truck for mobile operations. The laser beam aimpointing, aimpoint stabilization and wavefront phase shaping is achieved via optimization of the laser light power scattered off an array of small retro-reflectors attached to the photovoltaic module on the target platform. The new adaptive beam shaping capabilities enable the OPT_ABS system to operate in continuously changing conditions of turbulence, distance and orientation of the target.