Physical Optics Corporation — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: To address the Navy"s need for very compact high-powered underwater sonar transducer
Physical Optics Corporation — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $69,998
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Solicitation
- 2010.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2010-10-18
Description
To address the Navy"s need for very compact high-powered underwater sonar transducer array for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) and Counter-Torpedo Detection, Classification, and Localization (CTDCL) systems for the naval fleet, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Shape-shifting Array for Military Underwater Sonar (SAMUS). This proposed device is based on a new transducer design (1 cm diameter, 3 cm long) utilizing a novel shape-memory materials (SMM) mechanism. The innovation in reducing transducer form factor will facilitate new designs in compact high-powered underwater sonar arrays (>214 dB re 1 microPa). As a result, this device offers a very compact high-powered underwater sonar transducer array (0.5 m length, 0.12 m diameter, 20 yr), and lower manufacturing costs (