26.TZPre-ReleaseSBIR

High Energy Laser Optically Rugged Maritime Beam Director Components & Subassemblies

Department of DefenseNAVY

AI Overview

The Navy seeks advanced manufacturing processes to rapidly produce ruggedized optical components for maritime laser systems, addressing current supply chain delays and high defect rates that impact fleet readiness. Focus areas include automated fabrication of precision mirrors and transmissive optics ranging from 10-100cm diameter using additive manufacturing and innovative materials.

This summary is AI-generated from the official solicitation.

Key Details

Agency
Department of Defense
Funding Amount
Release Date
March 2, 2026
Due Date
June 3, 2026

Official Description

Highly precise, small to large diameter (10 to 50 to 100cm) high energy laser optics and mirrors have very long lead times often exceeding individual fiscal year funding, and experience a high rejection rate due to complex, multi-step processing between multiple dislocated facilities. Resulting optics have high defect rates and low ruggedness requiring depot supplies of spares and replacements, creating logistical shortages and non-availabilities which impact readiness and capacity. Creating m...

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