R&D Contracts

IC2 goes to great lengths to maximize performance of our sensors, which often translates into years of intense R&D to mature a technology until it's ready to go. The products we manufacture are of great value to multiple government agencies (e.g. NASA, DOD) and are typically developed and matured under research grants and contracts via the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs from the US Government. Through these programs, IC2 has been developing advanced technologies from the concept stage through advanced prototypes, then transitioning these technologies into commercial products.

These programs typically are executed in a 3 phase approach. Phase 1 (P1) being a proof of concept, Phase 2 (P2) prototype delivery, and Phase 3 (P3) commercialization of the researched product.

Click on a year below to expand details of that years' SBIR/STTR contract awards.

2020 - 7 SBIRs

• SBIR P1 - NASA - High-Temperature, Flat-Pack Optical Pressure Sensors for Combustion Noise Measurement
• SBIR P1 - NASA - Fiber-Optic Vector Skin Friction Systems for Cryogenic Shear Stress Measurements
• SBIR P1 - Air Force - Calibrated, MHz-Bandwidth, Dynamic Pressure Sensors for Quantitative Measurements in Hypersonic Flows
• SBIR P1 - Army - Direct Wall Shear Stress Measurement for Rotor Blades
• SBIR P2 - NASA - Field Deployable Wireless Data Acquisition System for Ground-Test Arrays
• SBIR P3 - NASA - High-Bandwidth Dynamic Pressure Sensors for BOLT Model Testing
• SBIR P3 - NASA - Improved Optical Five-Hole Probes for Three-Dimensional Flow Measurements