IMAGE ACOUSTICS, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N201-066

IMAGE ACOUSTICS, INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$239,728
Agency
Department of Defense · Navy
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
N201-066
Solicitation
00.1
NAICS
Place of performance
MA
Period
2020-08-08 → 2021-10-12

Description

This Phase I proposal is for transparent projectors to be used to add an active mode to a passive hydrophone array. This transparency is necessary to minimize the projectors effect on the hydrophone array performance. We present here a plan for this development which includes FEA modeling as well as some initial testing of modified in-stock projector candidates. We discuss various hydrophone array baffle conditions and how this affects the choice of projector type. The operation of some initial advanced projector design candidates, as well as a unique transparency means, are presented.