SBIR/STTR Research Award
4-meter Class Inflatable Antenna
Award amount
$1,497,977Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2013Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Gatr Technologies, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2013-06-17
- Contract end date
- 2015-06-17
- UEI
- TNMNYWRNFDK9
- Solicitation number
- 2004.3
- Topic code
- OSD04-C17
Research abstract
ABSTRACT: The technical objective of this Phase II SBIR is to develop and test a 4-meter class inflatable Satellite Communications(SATCOM) antenna terminal in Ku-band. This effort will focus on maturing the component technologies involved with radome material selection, Ku-band RF feed and feed mount design, and development of mechanical/electrical interfaces for pointing and steering, and to transition all of the components into a prototype 4-m aperture SATCOM antenna. BENEFIT: The US military has a stated requirement to pass high bandwidth communications to and from theater and regional hubs. The development of a 4-meter class inflatable SATCOM antenna will meet that need while reducing transport weight and cube by greater than 20:1 over current hard-dish hub SATCOM antennas. The GATR antenna will enable establishment of quick-entry SATCOM hubs in theater, and will enable on-site back-up and sparing capabilities that currently do not exist.
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.
- Inflatable Tracking Antenna - 2.4 Meter
- GATR FLEX SATCOM Antenna Terminal
- Cubesat Collapsible Composite Antenna
- Matched and Ultra-Low CTE Optical Materials
- Deployable Satcom Terminal for Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD)
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Research funding history
10 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2005–2015). Reported award amounts total $10,249,231. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration