VEGA WAVE SYSTEMS INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: The Navy needs an optical repeater based upon the NGCON (MIL-PRF-64266) because the optica
VEGA WAVE SYSTEMS INC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $80,000
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Solicitation
- 2013.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- IL
- Period
- 2013-06-24 → 2013-12-28
Description
The Navy needs an optical repeater based upon the NGCON (MIL-PRF-64266) because the optical power loss budget on military aircraft is demanding. A bi-directional optical amplifying repeater would address the optical loss issue of connecting a fiber optic link in the aircraft network. Challenges include meeting the requirements for shock and vibration, operating temperature range, and optical port flexibility supported by the NGCON connector family. A design that enables the number of fiber ports required presents a major challenge to any optical repeater technology when size, weight, and power are considered. To address this, Vega Wave Systems and Illum Technologies will design an NGCON-based fiber optic repeater utilizing Illum"s patented Ferrule-Pak technology that is 5x smaller than the smallest commercially available transmitter/receiver optical subassemblies.