
Impact of Hypersonic Flight Environment on Electro-Optic/Infrared (EO/IR) SensorsAward last edited on: 6/18/2015
Sponsored Program
STTRAwarding Agency
DOD : AFTotal Award Amount
$899,665Award Phase
2Solicitation Topic Code
AF15-AT40Principal Investigator
John E PondCompany Information
Phase I
Contract Number: ----------Start Date: ---- Completed: ----
Phase I year
2015Phase I Amount
$149,835Benefits:
Use of these technologies will allow the evaluation of candidate hypersonic aerial survey platforms for commercial application such as aerial survey and remote resource sensing. Using a hypersonic vehicle with the appropriate optical sensors could greatly reduce these costs.
Keywords:
hypersonic aerothermodynamics, aero-optics, electro-optic window, turbulence model, signal to noise ratio
Phase II
Contract Number: ----------Start Date: ---- Completed: ----
Phase II year
2016Phase II Amount
$749,830Benefits:
The proposed software toolset will enhance the ability of the sensor community to support development and deployment of existing hypersonic vehicles.
Keywords:
EO/IR Sensor Hypersonics Aero-optics Image-chain