SBIR/STTR Research Award
Innovative, High Performance, and Radiation Hardened Interceptor Software Defined Radio
Award amount
$874,999Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2010Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- Amtec Corporation
- Proposal award date
- 2010-07-29
- Contract end date
- 2012-07-29
- UEI
- STLNHGECCM11
- Solicitation number
- 2008.3
- Topic code
- MDA08-037
Research abstract
Software defined radios (SDRs) provide a means to achieve enhanced capability, integrated into a cost-effective and growth-oriented architecture fully backward compatible with legacy BMDS elements. As demonstrated through the results of the Phase I SBIR program, implementing a SDR architecture is not without challenge due to the potential computing performance and radiation hardness limitations of technology available today. SDR-based modems have many advantages over the current ASIC-based interceptor modems, which are not easily or economically field upgradable as new and varying threats/requirements arise. SDR architecture in a next generation interceptor modem will provide the flexibility to respond to technological surprises, changes in mission requirements or threat conditions through software reconfiguration. Further, application of the SDR architecture and associated technology selections will minimize SWAP as compared to existing legacy systems enhancing overall system performance.
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.
- Advanced Architecture and Process Techniques for High-Density, Radiation-Hardened Non-Volatile Memory
- Enhanced Carbon Nanotube Ultracapacitors
- Advanced Architecture and Process Techniques for High-Density, Radiation-Hardened Non-Volatile Memory
- Innovative, High Performance, and Radiation Hardened Interceptor Software Defined Radio
- Advanced Architecture and Process Techniques for High-Density, Radiation-Hardened Non-Volatile Memory
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- End-to-End BMDS Interceptor / Ground Terminal Communication Links
- End-to-End BMDS Interceptor / Ground Terminal Communication Links
- End-to-End BMDS Interceptor / Ground Terminal Communication Links
Research funding history
14 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1996–2010). Reported award amounts total $5,689,817. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense