| Sol No.: |
Navy SBIR FY2013.2 |
| Topic No.: |
N132-123 |
| Topic Title: |
Infrared-Transparent Electromagnetic Shield |
| Proposal No.: |
N132-123-0604 |
| Firm: |
Acree Technologies Incorporated
1980 Olivera Ave
Suite D
Concord, California 94520-5454 |
| Contact: |
Jeff Brown |
| Phone: |
(925) 798-5770 |
| Web Site: |
www.acreetech.com |
| Abstract: |
This purpose of this project is to develop an advanced Transparent Conductive Oxide (TCO) coating and protective hardcoating for use on the dome of passive infrared (IR) guided missiles. The coatings will be deposited using innovative energetic deposition techniques producing films of high optical and electrical quality that are very dense and highly adherent. The TCO coatings simultaneously have high electrical conductivity and IR transparency of greater than 90% between 3-5 �m when incorporated into an antireflection coating. The hardcoating will be suitable as a protective layer against sand and water drop impact erosion during flight and captured-carry. |
| Benefits: |
The development of conductive IR transparent coatings has direct application to thermal imaging apertures and passive IR guided missiles. Improvements in the IR transparency of the dome will improve the guiding performance of missiles. This will directly benefit the warfighter. Additional improvements will exist for IR apertures for the IR band from 3-5 microns. |