Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Payload Interface Master Module, PIMM

RF Spectrum congestion is a continuing problem especially in the war theater. With the advent of so many cell phones, blackberries, iPhones, wireless radio communication devices and jammers in a common environment, interference and noise levels have increased greatly. This SBIR describes the effort to develop a block converter to take a radio’s output and block shift the complete spectrum to a new frequency that is adjustable through software control. This output is again amplified to achieve approximately the same or greater range at the new frequency using a novel wideband power amplifier. This allows the user to operate the same communications, data format, cables, etc with the insertion of a block converter that will translate to a different frequency. As part of this effort, a system analysis will be performed to insure the best solution and ease of use for the end user while considering size, weigh and power, environmental considerations such as temperature, shock and EMI concerns.