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Ophir Corporation

  • Contact Person: Eric Sainz
  • Contact Phone: 303-933-2200
  • Contact Email: erics@ophir.com
  • Business Structure:
  • Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
  • Business Type:
  • For Profit Organization
  • Manufacturer of Goods
  • Industries Served: Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing, Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing, Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
  • Product Areas: R&D- DEFENSE SYSTEM: AIRCRAFT (APPLIED RESEARCH/EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT), R&D-AIRCRAFT-A RES/EXPL DEV, R&D- DEFENSE SYSTEM: AIRCRAFT (ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT), DEFENSE AIRCRAFT (ENGINEERING), DEFENSE AIRCRAFT (OPERATIONAL), R&D- DEFENSE SYSTEM: AIRCRAFT (OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT), R&D- DEFENSE SYSTEM: AIRCRAFT (COMMERCIALIZED), R&D-AIRCRAFT-COMERCLIZ, R&D- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: OTHER (APPLIED RESEARCH/EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT), R&D-OTHER ENVIRONMENT-A RES/EXPL DE, R&D-OTHER ENVIRONMENT-ENG DEV, R&D- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: OTHER (ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT)

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

  • $749,663 - Friday the 4th of March 2016
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
    IGF::OT::IGF OTHER FUNCTION - OPHIR'S PHASE I RESEARCH WAS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL AND ALL CONTRACT OBJECTIVES AND TASKS WERE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. IN PHASE II, OPHIR PROPOSES TO CONTINUE THIS IMPORTANT RESEARCH BY DEVELOPING AND FLIGHT TESTING A MULTIFUNCTION, LOW-COST, LASER RADAR CAPABLE OF ENHANCING AVIATION SAFETY BY ACCURATELY MEASURING KINETIC AIR HAZARDS, PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL AIR DATA, AND ENHANCING RIDE COMFORT. THE INNOVATION IS PROVIDING A SINGLE, COST-EFFECTIVE SENSOR THAT HAS MULTIPLE-USE FUNCTIONALITY, IN A PACKAGE THAT IS EASILY INTEGRATED ONTO COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT. CONVENTIONAL AIR DATA SYSTEMS PROVIDE CRITICAL INFORMATION TO THE AIRCRAFT FOR SAFE FLIGHT, BUT THERE ARE VULNERABILITIES, AS EVIDENCED BY THE RECENT AIR FRANCE ACCIDENT. A MORE ROBUST AIR DATA SYSTEM FOR FLIGHT CONTROLS ON AIRCRAFT IS NEEDED - PARTICULARLY TO MEASURE AIRSPEED IN ICING AND SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS PROPOSED SENSOR ALSO DETECTS AND QUANTIFIES KINETIC AIR HAZARDS WHICH IMPACT THE SAFETY OF AIR TRAFFIC; ENHANCES RIDE COMFORT WHILE REDUCING AIRFRAME FATIGUE; DECREASES FUEL CONSUMPTION, AND REDUCES THE FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY OF ENCOUNTERS WITH TURBULENT EVENTS. BUILDING UPON THE PHASE I DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE TRADE STUDIES, PHASE II WILL FINALIZE THE PROTOTYPE DESIGN, ASSEMBLE THE WORKING PROTOTYPE, PERFORM PROOF-OF-CAPABILITY LABORATORY TESTING, PACKAGE THE PROTOTYPE FOR FLIGHT TESTING AND DEMONSTRATE THE MULTIFUNCTION LIDAR TECHNOLOGY IN A REPRESENTATIVE FLIGHT ENVIRONMENT (TRL 5).
  • $445,081 - Friday the 14th of September 2012
    Department Of Air Force
    FA8119 AFSC PZABC
    REPAIR OF LASER ENERGY MONITOR
  • $150,000 - Tuesday the 31st of July 2012
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    GLENN RESEARCH CENTER
    DUAL WAVELENGTH INSTRUMENT

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