SBIR/STTR Research Award
Expanding Umbra's SAR Field of Regard
Award amount
$1,333,335Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- UMBRA LAB, INC
- Proposal award date
- 2025-03-26
- Contract end date
- 2027-03-26
- UEI
- HQNTDLR7Q3U9
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- N232-D09
Research abstract
Umbra plans to develop a prototype that demonstrates an increased observation area greater that 30 degrees off-nadir, improving coverage gaps of Areas of Interest (AOI) through an extended axe blade (ground projected access area), increased range swath, an additional scan mode, and tasking of arbitrary polygons. SAR has a unique advantage over optical imaging processes by allowing for greater off-nadir geometries while still maintaining accurate geolocation. Increased Field of Regard (FOR) through these techniques allow for lower revisit rates to fully capture the AOI, meeting the needs of the Navy.
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.
- Expedited Commercial Imagery Delivery through Reduced Ground Processing Time
- Umbra's Optical Inter-satellite Terminal Compatible with 100kg ESPA Class Satellites and the SDA Transport Layer
- Self-Tipping RF Collection
- Integration of Umbra's Optical Intersatellite Terminal with the SDA Transport Layer
- Reducing SAR Data Latency Through Optimized Edge Processing
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
11 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2020–2025). Reported award amounts total $68,794,143. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense