SBIR/STTR Research Award
Beamsteering Metamaterial Antenna for Low-Profile mm-Wave Radar
Award amount
$150,000Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- NOVAA LTD
- Proposal award date
- 2021-01-19
- Contract end date
- 2021-07-20
- UEI
- XNZ1UBK5DAH5
- Solicitation number
- X20.D
- Topic code
- AFX20D-TCSO1
Research abstract
UAM requires beamforming mmW radar to achieve high resolution, long range, all-weather sensing. Currently, beamforming is achieved with Active Electronically Scanned Arrays (AESA), which are far too heavy, power-hungry, and expensive for use on UAS. A beamsteering metamaterial antenna is proposed, providing substantial reduction in cost and power, while realizing superior range and field of view for mm-wave radars, ideally suited to UAM and small UAS. The Phase I effort is to demonstrate a new approach for extremely low-SWaP, high gain, 3D beamforming through design, prototyping, and measurement.
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.
- Pressure-Tolerant Electronically Steered Antenna for Satellite Communications on Unmanned Undersea Vehicles
- Ultra-wideband Antenna for Missiles
- Pressure Tolerant Passive Electronically Scanned Array (PESA)
- Ultra-Miniature HF-Band Antennas for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
- Compact, Circularly Polarized High Power Antenna
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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