ECKHARDT OPTICS LLC — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: NEAR-ANGLE SCATTER METROLOGY OF MICROMETEOROID IMPACT SITES ON CORONAGRAPH MIRROR COATINGS
ECKHARDT OPTICS LLC — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
- Phase I awards fund proof-of-concept work. For capture teams, they mark early interest from National Aeronautics and Space Administration in a technical approach.
- Watch for Phase II follow-ons from the same firm/topic family — that conversion path is where budgets and transition pressure rise.
- Obligated amount $214,181. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
- Tagged technology areas: Space & Satellite, Materials & Manufacturing. Follow those hubs for open topics and peer winners in the same cluster.
Summary
Eckhardt Optics LLC received NASA SBIR Phase I funding to develop a measurement technique for detecting tiny damage spots on telescope mirror coatings caused by space dust impacts. The work supports the Habitable Worlds Observatory by ensuring high-performance coronagraph mirrors remain effective.
- Amount
- $214,181
- 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
- MN
- Period
- 2026-09-30 → 2027-03-30
Technology domains
Description
SBIR PHASE I NEAR-ANGLE SCATTER METROLOGY OF MICROMETEOROID IMPACT SITES ON CORONAGRAPH MIRROR COATINGS FOR THE HABITABLE WORLDS OBSERVATORY