NASA awards Sydor Technologies $150K Phase 1 SBIR Grant for Class-D space Mission X-Ray Detection Technology for Astrophysics

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Sydor Technologies is a global leader in advanced x-ray detectors and diagnostic instrumentation design and manufacturing. This summer, Sydor has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by NASA, valued at US $149,993. Through this SBIR, Sydor and collaborators at the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research will begin developing a low cost, versatile soft x-ray detector for class-D space missions based on Sydor's new commercial soft x-ray detector, the high-resolution Wraith sCMOS. Leveraging a proven, off-the-shelf detector for future class-D space missions will decrease the detector unit cost per mission and introduce a new era of mission flexibility to the Astronomy and Astrophysics communities.