SBIR/STTR Research Award
Omni-Directional Capability for Shared Reconnaissance Pod (SHARP) Data Link
Award amount
$704,623Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- THINKOM SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2008-12-08
- Contract end date
- 2010-12-08
- UEI
- PQS2ANJ8ZDL6
- Solicitation number
- 2007.1
- Topic code
- N07-022
Research abstract
The Navy wants to add multi-band omni-directional transmission capability to the SHARP data link to enhance transfer to ship/shore/ground sites in tactical environments, including during various aircraft maneuvers and flight profiles. ThinKom is proposing to demonstrate our ultra-wideband (>10:1), low profile (0.5” thick), and shape-conformal WAVETRAP antenna technology as an omni-directional candidate for the SHARP data link pod. ThinKom successfully demonstrated the potential of the WAVETRAP technology by creating an initial prototype that operated over the continuous frequency range extending from 200 MHz to 2 GHz. Now, ThinKom proposes to take WAVETRAP to the next level of performance and provide frequency coverage from 1.5 GHz to 15.5 GHz by investigating a new modified architecture that further extends the bandwidth and improves the pattern quality of the original “baseline” WAVETRAP while maintaining its key size and conformality benefits.
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.
- Transportable, Flexible, Digital Array Ground Station
- High Efficiency Phased Array Gateway Antenna
- High Efficiency V/W Band Airborne Antenna
- Conformal Directive Antenna for Line-of-Sight (LOS) Applications on SWaP-C Constrained Platforms
- Low Size, Weight and Power Direction Antenna for Common Data Link
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Omni-Directional Capability for Expanded SHARP Field-of-View
- Omni-Directional Capability for Expanded SHARP Field-of-View
- Omni-Directional Capability for Shared Reconnaissance Pod (SHARP) Data Link
- Omni-Directional Capability for Shared Reconnaissance Pod (SHARP) Data Link
Research funding history
26 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2025). Reported award amounts total $16,978,017. 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