SBIR/STTR Research Award

Low Cost Ka-Band Metamaterial Beamsteering Antenna for Satcom

Award identifier 89091aa87d73f91e06d1e595ad74746aaf784ba48484c9935b6de1af4ba0f6daAwarding agency Department of Defense · Air Force

Award amount

$50,000

Program and phase

STTR · Phase I

Award year

2021

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Defense
Branch
Air Force
Recipient company
NOVAA LTD
Proposal award date
2021-02-05
Contract end date
2021-05-08
UEI
XNZ1UBK5DAH5
Solicitation number
X20.C
Topic code
AF20C-TCSO1

Research abstract

Next generation Satcom on-the-move requires low-profile, low power electronic scanning. However, currentl, beamforming is achieved with Active Electronically Scanned Arrays (AESA), which are far too heavy, power-hungry, and expensive for widespread use, especially on UAS Novaa Ltd is proposing an extremely low Size, Weight, Power, and Cost advanced beam steering antenna for Ka-band SATCOM. This is a beamsteering metamaterial antenna, providing substantial reduction in cost and power, while realizing superior performance for SATCOM onboard UAS and other SWaP-constrained platforms.

Technology keywords

Not reported

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Research funding history

20 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2018–2025). Reported award amounts total $3,999,787. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase I, Phase II

Agencies: Department of Defense

Agency intelligence

Department of Defense

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