12Pre-ReleaseSBIR

Affordable IR Sensors for Proliferated LEO Missile Tracking Constellation

Department of DefenseUSAF

AI Overview

Seeking affordable midwave infrared (MWIR) sensors for a missile-tracking satellite constellation, enabling persistent threat detection from low Earth orbit. Proposals should offer cost-effective designs suitable for large-scale deployment, improving upon current technology for proliferated space-based missile defense.

This summary is AI-generated from the official solicitation.

Key Details

Agency
Department of Defense
Funding Amount
Release Date
November 18, 2025
Due Date
March 4, 2026
Phase II Award
$1,800,000.00

Official Description

The United States Space Force (USSF), through the Space Development Agency (SDA), is developing the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA)—a resilient, threat-driven constellation in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) designed to deliver global missile warning, tracking, and data transport capabilities. The Tracking Layer of the PWSA relies on infrared (IR) sensors to detect and track advanced missile threats, including ballistic and hypersonic systems.   Current IR sensor technologies are often...

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