SBIR-STTR Award

Compact High Channel Count High Speed Digitizing, Processing, and Storage System for (SAL) and (SAR)
Award last edited on: 5/25/2022

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : AF
Total Award Amount
$898,226
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
AF182-108
Principal Investigator
Michael Albert

Company Information

Fibertek Inc

13605 Dulles Technology Drive
Herndon, VA 20171
   (703) 471-7671
   info@fibertek.com
   www.fibertek.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 11
County: Fairfax

Phase I

Contract Number: FA8650-19-P-1845
Start Date: 2/6/2019    Completed: 2/6/2020
Phase I year
2019
Phase I Amount
$149,920
Synthetic Aperture LIDAR (SAL) and Synthetic Aperture RADAR (SAR) are complimentary sensing technologies that enable long-range imaging and target identification beyond the diffraction limit at optical and radio frequencies, respectively. Processing SAL and SAR requires high-speed digitizers with substantial data volume associated with phase tracking and aperture synthesis sampling requirements. Operational systems require a highly-integrated, low-SWAP multi-sensor processing solution with scalable storage to support SAL/SAR ISR solutions on UAV and/or other low-SWAP platforms.On the proposed effort, Fibertek will design a low-SWAP SAL/SAR processor leveraging previous demonstrations of multi-channel high-speed digitizing lidar, and incorporating advancements in commercial processing technologies. The proposed design will be capable of continuous storage of 2 hrs of fast-time processed data, with expandability for more storage capacity. Phase 1 work is focused on requirements analysis, design of electronics and data processing hardware, and analysis of system performance. SAR,SAL,lidar,signal processing,Laser Radar,coherent

Phase II

Contract Number: FA865022C1173
Start Date: 11/18/2021    Completed: 2/17/2024
Phase II year
2022
Phase II Amount
$748,306
Fibertek, Inc. in cooperation with Exciting Technology, LLC proposes to develop a data-acquisition and processing system for Synthetic Aperture LADAR (SAL). Designed to work with the Leonardo-DRS Mercury Cadmium Telluride (MCT) electron-initiated Avalan