STTR DON27TZ02-NV001 (Navy): Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) for Advanced Cryocooled Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Sensors
U.S. Department of Defense — Navy
- Posted
- Nov 13, 2026
- Closes
- Jan 6, 2027 (in 54 days)
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About this opportunity
Navy STTR topic — Accepting submissions 2026-12-02 to 2027-01-06. Current Department of the Navy (DON) platforms are generating unprecedented volumes of data via advanced radar, SIGINT, and high-resolution imaging sensors. Processing of this data at the tactical edge requires extreme bandwidth but can consume excessive powers, creating significant thermal and signal integrity bottlenecks [Ref 1]. Specifically, for advanced EO/IR sensors that operate in cryocooled temperatures (e.g., 70-140K), the excessive power required to electrically read out the data, i.e., transmit from cold space and receive in warm space, presents a challenging limitation on the size, weight, and power (SWaP) of an integrated dewar cooler assembly. Fiber optics and photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are key optica...