POLARIS SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: POLARIS SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC SBIR PHASE II DEVELOPMENT OF POLARIMETRIC SWIR CAMERA SYS
POLARIS SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES 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.
- Obligated amount $1,099,082 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Tagged technology areas: Sensors & Sensor Fusion, Artificial Intelligence/ML. Follow those hubs for open topics and peer winners in the same cluster.
Summary
Polaris Sensor Technologies received over $1.1 million to develop a polarimetric short-wave infrared camera system enhanced with AI/ML for detecting and countering swarming drones. The goal is to improve targeting performance beyond the limits of standard image-based systems.
- Amount
- $1,099,082
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Department of the Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- NAICS
- 541715 · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
- Place of performance
- AL
- Period
- 2025-03-31 → 2027-03-31
Technology domains
Description
POLARIS SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC SBIR PHASE II DEVELOPMENT OF POLARIMETRIC SWIR CAMERA SYSTEM WITH AI/ML CAPABILITIES TO COUNTER SWARMING UAVS TO OVERCOME LIMITATIONS INHERENT IN CONVENTIONAL IMAGE-BASED TARGETING SYSTEMS.