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Compact Magnetic Detection Set (CMDS) for Air Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW) and…

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Navy 		Award ID:
82494 		Program Year/Program:
2007 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
N071-011-1354 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Polatomic, Inc.
1810 N. Glenville Dr. Suite 116 Richardson, TX -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2007
Title: Compact Magnetic Detection Set (CMDS) for Air Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW) and Land-Based Use
Agency / Branch: DOD / NAVY
Contract: N68335-07-C-0226
Award Amount: $79,968.00
 

Abstract:

This SBIR Phase I proposal describes the development of a conceptual design for a Compact Magnetic Detection Set (CMDS) for air ASW. The CMDS laser magnetometer is an innovative light-weight, compact, low-power, high-sensitivity instrument capable of measuring scalar DC and ELF magnetic fields with sensitivity better than 0.3 pT/?aHz in the frequency interval 0.01-100 Hz. A design goal of the CMDS is to reduce the system volume, weight and power by a factor of two with respect to DT-704/ASQ-233 system parameters. The CMDS is intended for use on UAVs (vertical take-off and fixed wing) employed for shallow water ASW and land-based target detection such as buried weapons caches and IEDs. An approach to reduce system size and weight is the use of Optically-driven Spin Precession (OSP) instead of conventional Magnetically-driven Spin Precession (MSP) to induce and observe magnetic resonance in the helium cell. OSP technology is attractive for a compact system because it eliminates the need for resonance drive coils and reduces the number of cells required for omni-directional operation. An OSP single-cell digital locked-oscillator scalar magnetometer was demonstrated for the first time under a recent NASA Phase I Project. The Phase I effort will include developing the CMDS specifications that will achieve the size, weight, power and performance requirements, and evaluating the applicability of CMDS to small UAV/VTUAVs and manned ASW platforms. The Phase II effort will involve fabrication of a CMDS laboratory breadboard based on the Phase I design.

Principal Investigator:

Douglas D. McGregor
Chief Scientist
9726900099
doug_mcgregor@polatomic.com

Business Contact:

Robert E. Slocum
Chairman
9726900099
bob_slocum@polatomic.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

POLATOMIC, INC.
1810 N. Glenville Dr. Suite 116 Richardson, TX 75081

EIN/Tax ID: 751839721
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No