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Polarization Projection Control for Space Simulation Chambers

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Air Force 		Award ID:
82317 		Program Year/Program:
2007 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
F071-340-0286 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Polaris Sensor Technologies, Inc.
200 Westside Square Suite 320 Huntsville, AL -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2007
Title: Polarization Projection Control for Space Simulation Chambers
Agency / Branch: DOD / USAF
Contract: FA9101-07-M-0009
Award Amount: $99,327.00
 

Abstract:

Polarization can offer opportunities for additional discriminants for a variety of space based applications including SSA, tracking threat missiles in the boost and mid-course phases of their trajectory, target detection and discrimination, surveillance, communications, and earth remote sensing. A means to test these systems requires the ability to simulate the polarization of representative scenes with the appropriate uniform and cold background of space and to correct for effects of the optics in current space chambers. Polaris Sensor Technologies, Inc. is proposing to first design, construct, and integrate a scene projector polarization controller (SPPC) that will be able to produce a linear polarization state. The sources can be any combination of the sources available currently or in the future to the AEDC Space Sensor Test Chambers user. Polaris will demonstrate the concept in Phase I. Secondly, Polaris will design an imaging polarimetric system that will be used to characterize the scene projector system. Such a characterization system is required in order to understand the scene projector system polarization so that those effects may be corrected in the polarized scene projection system. Both steps are needed in order to present calibrated polarized scenes to the SUT.

Principal Investigator:

Larry Pezzaniti
Sr. Optical Designer
2565620087
Larry@polarissensor.com

Business Contact:

David Chenault
President
2565620087
David@polarissensor.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

POLARIS SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
200 Westside Square, Suite 320 Huntsville, AL 35801

EIN/Tax ID: 431998920
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No