SBIR/STTR Research Award
AST 5G Interoperability with SDA satellites over Optical Inter-Satellite Link (OISL) Communication
Award amount
$1,240,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Space Development Agency
- Recipient company
- FAIRWINDS TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2024-08-30
- Contract end date
- 2025-08-30
- UEI
- R3G6PWHQRAY5
- Solicitation number
- 24.4
- Topic code
- SDA24-P001
Research abstract
The proposed direct to Phase 2 SBIR will demonstrate the feasibility of integrating an already approved Optical Inter-Satellite Link (OISL) by SDA, with a commercial LEO spacecraft (ASTS) on the ground. This effort will be conducted in two parts, a 12-month study on the feasibility of integrating a Skyloom OISL on a ASTS Flat Sat Simulator, with a 12-month demonstration effort integrating the OISL onto the Flat Sat and two test events to verify the interoperability between a ASTS payload and an SDA OISL. When successful, this effort will produce a study on how to integrate an SDA OISL onto a commercial LEO satellite and test data that verifies the interoperability between the two architectures.
Technology keywords
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Other awards by this recipient
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- Enhanced Security 5G for LEO CJADC2 Networks
- Software Defined Digital Radio System Optimized for Usability in Tactical Networks (SDDRS-OUTN)
- 5G LEO Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) MUOS Augmentation
- Multi-beam Wideband SATCOM Antenna
- Multi-beam Wideband SATCOM Antenna
Awards with the same topic code
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- Lens-Based Adaptive Optics
- Long Range OISL Modem
- Increasing Available Power for Rapidly Produced, Configurable Satellite Buses Via Low-Cost American Made Solar Panels and Batteries
- Automated Link Operations Networking Engine (ALONE)
- Transportable Lasercom Ground Station
Research funding history
6 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2019–2025). Reported award amounts total $7,644,385. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II – Direct to Phase II, Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Defense
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