OPTO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: SOCOM182-001
OPTO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS 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.
- At $1,952,425, this is a large obligation for typical SBIR Phase sizing — worth reviewing for scope breadth and teaming opportunity.
- Topic code SOCOM182-001 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $1,952,425
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Special Operations Command
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- SOCOM182-001
- Solicitation
- 18.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2023-06-06 → 2024-12-09
Description
For decades 81mm mortars have always been an indirect area suppression weapon. Aiming the mortar tube on the correct vector and getting the tube elevation angle and charge calculation accurate enough to strike the intended target on the 1st, 2nd, or even 3rd round is very rare. This consistently results in time, ammunitions, cost, and communication effort being wasted for both the mortar team and the forward observer. Further mortars often hit close enough to frighten or cause enemies to retreat only for them to return and reengage later. This area weapon rarely eliminates or neutralizes the targeted threat.