SBIR/STTR Research Award
Free Space Optical Communication Technology for Next Generation Small Satellites
Award amount
$149,995Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2018Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- FREEDOM PHOTONICS LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2018-07-23
- Contract end date
- 2019-07-23
- UEI
- FQ98KK1G9199
- Solicitation number
- 18.2
- Topic code
- AF182-066
Research abstract
The objective of this program is to develop small satellite communication technology, to demonstrate and implement a low power consumption, long-distance, bi-directional, reliable Free Space Optical (FSO) link supporting high bandwidth communications (100 Mbps) for satellite crosslink communication. The FSO Transceiver (Transmitter/Receiver) to be implemented will be small Size, Weight, Power and Cost (SWaP-C) such that it can be easily carried by the small satellite platforms such as Cubesats. The high level of miniaturization required by the Transceiver will be achieved through Freedom Photonics’ proprietary photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- High- Efficiency Kw-class 1550 nm Steerable Diffraction-Limited Laser Diode Arrays for Energy Web Dominance
- High-Speed Optical Fiber Data-Links for Space-Based Cryogenic Read-Out Integrated Circuits
- 1790nm tunable laser for VOC monitoring
- GeSiSn Avalanche Photodiode Arrays for High-Sensitivity SWIR Imaging Applications
- High Efficiency kW-class 1550 nm Steerable Diffraction-Limited Laser Diode Arrays for Energy Web Dominance
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Highly Integrated and Adaptable Spacecraft for Multi-Payload Applications
- Next Gen Optical Modem for SmallSat High Data Rate Optical Communications
Research funding history
196 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2005–2023). Reported award amounts total $74,583,672. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture