The Department of Defense (DOD) is seeking proposals for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, specifically for Phase I of the STTR program. The topic of the solicitation is "Polarization-enhanced, Long-range, Wide-area, High-resolution Imaging System" and is being conducted by the Navy. The objective of the research is to develop polarization-based techniques to improve target detection and identification and scene clutter characterization at long-range and over a wide field-of-view. The USN seeks to exploit the additional information content provided by polarization to enhance target detection and identification in challenging environments such as the ocean surface. The research will focus on developing a 3D polarization imaging system to significantly improve long-range detection and identification of targets in maritime clutter from surface-ship platforms. The system should consider all wavelength bands from UV to mm-wave and novel polarization techniques such as point-spread-function engineering or speckle correlation. The research will involve the development of hardware and algorithms in Phase I, followed by the realization of the design in Phase II. The ultimate goal is to produce a rugged system that can be field-tested under relevant maritime conditions. The project duration and funding specifics can be found on the solicitation agency's website.