Award

This effort aims to develop textured ceramics enabled high frequency sonar transmit/receive array technology that is scalable and configurable for next generation high frequency (HF) search and acoustic communications (ACOMS) requirements. The effort will consider designs that are directly applicable to Navy UUV, and torpedo needs along with many other expendable systems, autonomous vehicles, and mine hunting devices.  The design effort will focus on improving upon existing concepts with government rights to a sensor and array design, and further optimizing it according to TX101 textured piezoceramic materials. The major thrust in this program will be to build and demonstrate a full-up sonar array at transition application relevant conditions.  Additional engineering efforts will focus on a streamlining the manufacturing of transducer elements and improved producibility and affordability of sonar array.