SOURCES SOUGHT
59 -- Deformable mirror for integration into existing system.
- Notice Date
- 9/5/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 332721
— Precision Turned Product Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- N00244 NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center San Diego Regional Contracts Department (Code 200) 3985 Cummings Road Bldg 116 - 3rd Floor San Diego, CA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N0024418T9999
- Response Due
- 9/19/2018
- Archive Date
- 9/21/2018
- Point of Contact
- Reid Chambers
- E-Mail Address
-
6-8366
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Adaptive optics center of Excellence (AOCoE), department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), Monterey, CA is currently performing research on High Energy Laser (HEL) beam control systems for the US Navy. One of the technology areas is in the development and evaluation of adaptive optics technologies that are effective for compensating atmospheric turbulence to increase the performance of the Navy ™s HEL beam control systems. Using adaptive optics technologies which uses a deformable mirror, a distortion in the laser beam can be corrected. The purpose of the contract is to procure a deformable mirror that can be used to compensate for the fast changing deep atmospheric turbulence. Atmospheric turbulence significantly impacts the laser propagation performance, resulting in degraded performance of HEL systems. In particular, NPS is seeking a deformable mirror that can be integrated and operated in the NPS High Energy Laser (HEL) Beam Control Research Testbed (HBCRT). HBCRT is a unique research testbed developed at NPS to test and evaluate adaptive optics technologies. HBCRT is designed to operate both in the laboratory and at the field and has capabilities to work with kilo-watt range high power lasers with future upgrades. HBCRT is planned to be operated with 20W laser in the first phase. Extended exposure at that power level still can cause damage deformable mirrors. In addition, NPS would like to have a deformable mirror that can be upgraded to use with kilo-watt class lasers with proper coating upgrade in the future. HBCRT testbed also requires the mirror clear aperture size to be minimum 2 inches and the whole deformable mirror module still need to fit into the available space. Number of actuators also need to be at least 300 or more to provide enough spatial resolution required to correct deep turbulence caused by the Navy operational environment. The required Deformable Mirror must be able to fully reflect 2 inch laser beam in the High-energy Beam Control Testbed (HBCRT) system in preparation for deep turbulence compensation research, educational laboratory exercises, and field testing. There must be 2.5mm spaced modules. The Deformable mirror must be compatible, otherwise the system will cease to work. The model required by the Government must meet the specs of Northrop Gumman P/Ns D01-A3009044 and EA349HVA48. Please forward all interest and capability to reid.j.chambers@navy.mil.
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