SBIR/STTR Research Award
OrbWeaver: System for Repurposing an ESPA Ring to Create a Large Phased Array SATCOM System
Award amount
$1,499,265Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2017Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- TETHERS UNLIMITED, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2017-05-25
- Contract end date
- 2020-06-30
- UEI
- FHC2EKAPYU47
- Solicitation number
- 16.3
- Topic code
- SB163-012
Research abstract
The OrbWeaver effort addresses DoD needs for affordable, resilient SATCOM capabilities by developing a system for recycling an unmodified ESPA ring on-orbit to form a large aperture phased array capable of providing high-bandwidth SATCOM services to K-ba...
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
86 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1992–2019). Reported award amounts total $32,140,882. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense