SBIR/STTR Research Award
Millimeter wave hyperspectral radiometer receivers for next generation SBEM systems
Award amount
$2,999,866Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- BOULDER ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2024-12-03
- Contract end date
- 2026-12-02
- UEI
- P52BP1GM8LP5
- Solicitation number
- 24.2
- Topic code
- SF242-D029
Research abstract
The goal of this project is to develop a technology that will provide superior weather intelligence to the US military to maintain its informational superiority in all operations.The small step proposed here towards this goal is the development of two hyperspectral microwave radiometer receivers that have state of the art performance characteristics, low size & weight, low power consumption, and can be produced in large quantities (e.g., hundreds) effectively, all at low cost. To achieve the project goal, BEST proposes the development of direct detection pseudo correlation receivers for two bands, 90-120 and 140-220 GHz. The proposed radiometer receivers will have exceptionally low observational noise and will be built to operate in the presence of radio interference.
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.
- Hyperspectral Microwave Imaging Radiometer
- Low-loss deployable reflector antenna at frequencies up to 200 GHz for small satellites
- Low-loss deployable reflector antenna at frequencies up to 200 GHz for small satellites
- Hyperspectral Microwave Imaging Radiometer
- Development of a ground-based microwave radiometer with improved capabilities for observation of atmosphere.
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Multi-Mission EO/IR Instrument Optical Assembly Prototype for Cloud Characterization, Theatre Weather Imagery and Wildfire Detection and Monitoring
- Swarm Radar Surveyor for Space Based Environmental Monitoring
- L-band Scanning Reflectarray Scatterometer for Multi-Functional Space-Based Environmental Monitoring
- Solving the SBEM Space Weather gaps via dense, global, low latency, GNSS RO electron density, scintillation , energetic charged particle, and cloud characterization observations on PlanetiQ microsatellites
- Space Based Environmental Monitoring (SBEM) for Superior Space Domain Awareness, Assured Attribution and Timely Response
Research funding history
27 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2006–2025). Reported award amounts total $15,167,136. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce