DARPA is seeking submissions of innovative basic or applied research concepts in the technical domain of high-temperature vector magnetometers for high-temperature environments. This μE is issued under the Program Announcement for Microsystems Exploration, DARPA-PA-21-05.
Successful proposals will result in an award of an Other Transaction (OT) for prototype project not to exceed USD$1M.
MagHITS will develop ultra-high-temperature vector magnetometers, producing magnetic sensor proofs of concept applying a probe element that operates at temperatures up to 500 °C, with a sensitivity of 100 pT/√Hz in the bandwidth of 0.1 – 100 Hz.
MagHITS will be an 18-month program with two nine-month phases:
Phase 1 – heat tolerance and demonstrate the ability to make vector magnetic-field measurements at 500 °C.
Phase 2 – measurement sensitivity and bandwidth and will demonstrate vector magnetic-field detection with a sensitivity of 100 pT/√Hz, in the frequency range 0.1 – 100 Hz, and at a temperature of 500 °C, simultaneously.
Proposals due 11 May 2023.
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