SBIR/STTR Research Award
Small Virtual Receiving Antenna
Award amount
$675,271Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1996Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Special Operations Command
- Recipient company
- Walter Gee & Associates, LLC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Modern manpack or hand held RF communication systems mandate an ultra compact and lightweight transceiver design complemented with a physically small antenna system with extraordinary RF bandwidth, high gain capability and omnidirectional radiation patterns. Also, it is desirable to be able to electronically tune the antenna to a specific operating frequency or band. Furthermore, special communication security and/or surveillance applications, the antenna itself must have a low-profile for low observability, covert, transportable, and capable of rapid deployment.
Technology keywords
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