Magnetometer for Balloons and UAVs

Award Information

Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration	Branch: N/A	Award ID:	Program Year/Program: 2012 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 115169	Solicitation Year: 2011	Solicitation Topic Code: S1.08	Solicitation Number:

Small Business Information: Southwest Sciences, Inc.
1570 Pacheco Street, Suite E-11 Santa Fe, NM -
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 1: Fiscal Year: 2012

Title: Magnetometer for Balloons and UAVs

Agency: NASA

Contract: NNX12CF06P

Award Amount: $125,000.00

Abstract:
This Phase I SBIR project will investigate a new, low-cost approach to atomic magnetometry that is suited for operation from UAVs and research balloons. Atomic magnetometers have been available for decades, but they remain expensive and relatively power-hungry, restricting their use to a small range of platforms. The proposed approach should result in a magnetometer selling at a cost point significantly below that of conventional atomic magnetometers that can be deployed on UAVs and stratospheric balloons. The Phase II research will involve constructing a prototype and flying it on a research balloon or UAV to study phenomena such as Electro-Magnetic Ion Cyclotron waves in the magnetosphere at altitudes of Data from these platforms will fill a scientific niche, as the Earth's field is undersampled at the spatial wavelengths of 30-100 km associated with stratospheric flight.

Principal Investigator:
David Hovde
Principal Investigator
5132721323
DCHOVDE@SWSCIENCES.COM

Business Contact:
Alan C. Stanton
President
5059841322
aastanton@swsciences.com

Small Business Information at Submission:

Southwest Sciences, Inc.
1570 Pacheco Street, Suite E-11 Santa Fe, NM -

EIN/Tax ID: 850340320

DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees:

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No