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IMPROVED SMART MUNITIONS PERFORMANCE

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 4208
Amount: $49,767.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1986
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
360 Herndon Pkwy - Ste 1200
Herndon, VA 22070
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 CHARLES M DAVIS
 (703) 478-0844
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

THE U.S. ARMY NEEDS A MAGNETOMETER CAPABLE OF DETECTING MAGNETIC ANOMALIES AS SMALL AS 0.1 GAMMA (10 -6 GAUSS) IN THE FREQUENCY RANGE OF <0.1 HZ TO 1.0 KHZ. OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., PROPOSES A FIBER-OPTIC MAGNETIC SENSOR TO MEET THIS NEED. THE SENSOR HAS THE SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE OF ROOM TEMPERATURE OPERATION IN A MICROMINIATURE PACKAGE. IT HAS THE FOLLOWING FEATURES: MINIMUM MAGNEITCFIELD ANOMALIES DETECTION CAPABILITY OF <-.1 GAMMA; FREQUENCY RANGE FROM <0.1 TO 1.0 KHZ; DIPOLE DIRECTIONALITY; PERMANENT MAGNET (PHASE II VERSION) TO PROVIDE BIAS, THUS MINIMIZING POWER REQUIREMENT; SMALL PROBE VOLUME; GROWTH POTENTIAL FOR MULTI-INFLUENCE SENSOR OPERATION; IMMUNITY TO ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE (EMI) AND ELECTRO-MAGNETIC PULSES (EMP).

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