OPTO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: DIRECT TO PHASE II: THREAT DETECTION FROM SPACE IN THE UV-IR (TD-UVIR)
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 $1,956,520, this is a large obligation for typical SBIR Phase sizing — worth reviewing for scope breadth and teaming opportunity.
- Tagged technology areas: Sensors & Sensor Fusion, Space & Satellite. Follow those hubs for open topics and peer winners in the same cluster.
Summary
Opto-Knowledge Systems Inc received nearly $2 million from the Missile Defense Agency for a Phase II project to develop space-based sensors that detect threats across ultraviolet to infrared wavelengths. The work focuses on improving threat detection capabilities from orbit for defense applications.
- Amount
- $1,956,520
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- NAICS
- 541715 · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2025-08-28 → 2027-08-27
Technology domains
Description
SBIR DIRECT TO PHASE II: THREAT DETECTION FROM SPACE IN THE UV-IR (TD-UVIR)