SBIR/STTR Research Award
Fiber Optic Tethered Antennas for High Speed Communication with UUVs
Award amount
$69,931Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2008-10-27
- Contract end date
- 2009-08-09
- UEI
- RMG1AZ1ZH8Q7
- Solicitation number
- 2008.2
- Topic code
- N08-194
Research abstract
Underwater acoustic communications for UUV control and information retrieval is power intensive and can not operate at high data rates comparable to RF communications. In order to improve communication with submerged UUVs, Physical Sciences Inc., is proposing to develop a tethered antenna buoy. The buoy will house the RF antennas, can be deployed and retrieved as necessary and allow high rate bi-directional data communication up to 30 meters. The design of the system features an innovative dual antenna design and the use of optical fibers for communication between the buoy and the UUVs.
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.
- Off-axis Laser Event Recorder (OALER)
- TFLN Interconnect for Gigabit-rate Environment Ruggedization (TIGER)
- Advanced Ruggedized Modulators for Onboard Receivers (ARMOR)
- Modular Bypass Valve for Solid Fuel Ramjets
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Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Retractable UUV Antenna Buoy with Smart Tether GPS
- Tethered Antennas for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs)
- Tethered Antennas for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs)
- Retractable UUV Antenna Buoy with Smart Tether GPS
- A Tethered Antenna System for High Data Rate UUV Communications
Research funding history
1,763 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2026). Reported award amounts total $698,949,224. 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 Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency