METROLASER, INCORPORATED — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIME-RESOLVED CHARACTERIZATION OF EJECTA PARTICLES AND TERRAIN MAPPING I
METROLASER, INCORPORATED — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
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- Obligated amount $224,935. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
- Tagged technology areas: Sensors & Sensor Fusion, Space & Satellite. Follow those hubs for open topics and peer winners in the same cluster.
Summary
MetroLaser is developing advanced high-speed infrared imaging techniques to create 3D, time-resolved maps of terrain and particles ejected during rocket plume interactions with surfaces. This NASA SBIR Phase I project aims to better understand these events for space exploration applications.
- Amount
- $224,935
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- NAICS
- 541715 · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2026-09-30 → 2027-03-30
Technology domains
Description
SBIR PHASE I THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIME-RESOLVED CHARACTERIZATION OF EJECTA PARTICLES AND TERRAIN MAPPING IN PLUME-SURFACE INTERACTION (PSI) EVENTS USING ADVANCED HIGH-SPEED INFRARED IMAGING METHODS