SBIR/STTR Research Award
W and V Band Satellite Transceiver
Award amount
$149,999Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2013Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Space Micro Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2013-09-12
- Contract end date
- 2014-06-13
- UEI
- ED9EEK4ZRZG4
- Solicitation number
- 2013.1
- Topic code
- AF131-060
Research abstract
ABSTRACT: Space Micro proposes to mitigate key technology risks to enable development of future satellite communication architectures using W-band (for uplink) and V-band (for downlink). An innovative approach to enable a very wideband modem for W/V band MILSATCOM applications is described and a work plan defined to demonstrate feasibility. Space Micro has defined an approach that will enable very large instantaneous bandwidth communications which will enhance security, propagation and data throughput at W/V band frequencies. In Phase II we will complete design and development of a satellite W/V-band transceiver. BENEFIT: In Phase III we anticipate dual use applications. Military for MILSATCOM systems which would benefit from high capacity satellite uplink / downlink capability at W-band and V-band. In addition, there is growing commercial interest in W-band and V-band for terrestrial wireless communication.
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.
- Optical communications in space enhanced with novel Forward Error Correction (FEC)
- High performance, AI-enabled, radiation hard, space computing platform for trusted autonomy
- Broadband Power Amplifier Hardware to Support RF Convergence
- Gimbal-less Free-Space Optical Communications Terminal with Photonic Integrated Circuits
- Compact Multi-sensor camera system with Artificial Intelligence with embedded AI for autonomous SSA/SDA
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- W and V Band Satellite Transceiver
- Spaceborne 35-W GaN Power Amplifiers at 71-76 GHz
- W and V Band Satellite Transceiver
- Highly Integrated W and V Band Satellite Transceiver
Research funding history
150 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2002–2023). Reported award amounts total $58,449,422. 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 Homeland Security