SBIR/STTR Research Award
Dual Mode Optical and RF (DMORF) Communications Terminal
Award amount
$49,899Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- CAMBRIAN WORKS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2021-04-15
- Contract end date
- 2021-07-14
- UEI
- F45SKYPNBCM3
- Solicitation number
- X20.3
- Topic code
- AF203-CSO2
Research abstract
Cambrian Works (CW) will address a defensive space approach that has been communicated by Space Force at SMC by developing a dual-mode, secure, standard interface small satellite communications subsystem that can operate in either optical or RF, or both simultaneously. The proposed subsystem will have a straightforward ethernet interface, for direct plug in operation with standard small satellite buses, such as larger CubeSats (e.g. 12U or 16U), or SmallSats. This communications subsystem will support in-space networking, and will provide secure communications with data rates of at least 1-Gbps in both optical and RF bands.
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.
- Hermes - Data Relay to pLEO
- On-Orbit Distributed Resilient Alternative PNT-as-a-Service (Kronos)
- Space Network Enabled Edge-Computer and Router (SNEECR)
- Containerized Software Defined Networking for Satellite Communications
- Resilient Defense-Adapted Multi-Mode Optical and RF (Multi-MORF) Communications
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Space Capability for OPIR Ranking and Evaluation (SCORE)
- Catalytic Propellant Decomposition Chamber for Multi-Mode Propulsion
- Dynamic ISR planning with multi-level security access for space asset tasking
- CEPHALOPOD: 21st Century Software for Satellite Proximity Operations
Research funding history
11 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2021–2025). Reported award amounts total $11,263,601. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II – Direct to Phase II, Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Science Foundation