SBIR/STTR Research Award
CrossBeam GPS Crosslink and Long Range Free Space Optical Communication System
Award amount
$750,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2017Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- SA PHOTONICS, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2017-10-18
- Contract end date
- 2020-01-17
- UEI
- YNEBKYE8ZZN7
- Solicitation number
- 2016.1
- Topic code
- AF161-090
Research abstract
SA Photonics CrossBeam Free-Space Optical (FSO) communication system is a fully integrated, compact, and robust system that has been designed specifically for GPS crosslink applications. CrossBeam includes integrated beam steering, high bandwidth tracking capability, an all fiber optic-based transmit and receive optics design, and high performance FSO modem technology to provide reliable data communications for long distance crosslink applications at the fraction of the Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) of RF based systems.
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.
- Freeform Optics for Small Arms Fire Control
- Hardened, Optically-Based Temperature Characterization of Detonation Environments
- Trust and Situational Awareness in Augmented Reality Soldier Training
- Multimode-Coupled High-Frequency Photoreceiver
- High Fidelity Underwater Tracking System (UTS)
Awards with the same topic code
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- Crossbeam GPS Crosslink and Long Range Free Space Optical Communication
- Laser Communications Crosslink (LaserComXL)
- High Data Rate/Low SWaP-C GPS Crosslinks
- High Data Rate/Low SWaP-C GPS Crosslinks
- Laser Communications Crosslink (LaserComXL)
Research funding history
265 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2002–2022). Reported award amounts total $116,820,259. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security
Contractor profile
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