Miniaturization, Modulation, and Chip Scaling of Photonic Technologies

Objective: To advance and adopt chip-scale photonic and quantum technologies for operation in the Missile Defense System. Description: The Missile Defense Agency seeks advancing and incorporating quantum and photonic technologies that can augment current state-of-the-art radar and communication systems into fielded hardware. Photonic technologies coupled with measurable quantum effects could dramatically increase the resilience and effectiveness of the sensors and radios in the Missile Defense System. Selected proposals shall provide a pathway to common building block technologies to direct sample and/or heterodyne structure software defined radios (SDRs). Low size, weight, and power (SWaP) photonic and quantum transceivers that are compatible with modern sensor requirements will be prioritized. Keywords: Distributed; sensor; secure communications; photonics; microelectronics; software defined radio; quantum effects CMMC Level: Level 1