SBIR/STTR Research Award
SCAPP Prototyping and Demonstration
Award amount
$1,749,230Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- CALIOLA ENGINEERING, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2021-09-22
- Contract end date
- 2024-08-14
- UEI
- Q9DSGGYNU8J9
- Solicitation number
- 19.3
- Topic code
- N193-149
Research abstract
In this multi-phase SBIR effort, Caliola is developing a software-only solution that uses pointing vectors to satellites with known (albeit imprecise) ephemeris to estimate surface ship position when access to GPS is denied. In Phase I, we used modeling and simulation to demonstrate that our SCAPP algorithms can provide 15 to 40 meter accuracy when tracking a Milstar or AEHF satellite with the existing shipboard NMT antenna. Monopulse antenna technology could improve accuracy, but not enough to justify the high upgrade costs. In Phase II, we will implement and demonstrate a fully functional SCAPP prototype in several operationally-relevant Navy, Joint, and commercial test configurations.
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.
- Delivering Waveform Capability at the Speed of Relevance
- OverKey: NIAP Validated Mesh VPN Product
- Autonomous, Mission-Based Traffic Engineering
- Data Link Layer Optimization for ATNWs
- Universal Short FEC Codec
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Satellite Communications Antenna Pointing for Positioning (SCAPP)
- Satellite Communication Antenna Pointing for Positioning (SCAPP)
Research funding history
40 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2020–2025). Reported award amounts total $35,872,202. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense