SBIR/STTR Research Award
Integration for Resilient Mobile Operations Support Suite (MOSS) in Disconnected, Disrupted, Intermittent, and Limited-Bandwidth (DDIL)
Award amount
$1,249,888Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- FOURTH STATE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2025-09-29
- Contract end date
- 2027-06-29
- UEI
- NFT8U57QWUL5
- Solicitation number
- X24.5
- Topic code
- AFX245-PCSO1
Research abstract
Fourth State Communications’ Enhanced Thermo-Scatter System (ETSS) offers a robust, ground-based backhaul solution to support beyond-line-of-sight (BLoS) communications in contested or denied, degraded, intermittent, and limited (DDIL) scenarios. By integrating secure mobile apps, decentralized cellular nodes, and resilient backhaul architecture, ETSS reduces reliance on vulnerable satellite links while providing end-to-end encryption and multi-path data flow for mission-critical operations. This Phase II effort focuses on designing, testing, and documenting an advanced ETSS prototype capable of high-throughput, low-latency connectivity across dispersed or austere environments—supporting the Department of Defense’s evolving needs for resilient and cost-effective communications.
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.
- Resilient JADC2 Beyond Line-of-Sight Communications in Contested Environments
- Backhaul SWaP Improvements for Operations in Contested Environments
- Feasibility Study of Predictive Sporadic E Occurance/Severity From Global Ionosonde Data
- Beyond Line of Sight Communications Backhaul SWaP Improvements in support of AFSOC Capabilities in Contested Environments
- Improved Enhanced Thermo-Scatter System BLOS Communications Capability in Support of ACE
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Shiftwave: A Deployable Solution for Rapid Recovery, Stress Reduction, and Enhanced Human Performance for Air Force Operational Support Teams
- Rapidly Deployable, Low-Logistics Hardened Shelters for Resilient Basing Operations
- High-precision Agile Weather Kit (HAWK)
- LOW COST AND RUGGEDIZED SMART WEARABLE MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORM FOR REAL-TIME HYDRATION MANAGEMENT
- Ultra-Secure, Post-Quantum Communications and Encryptions (US-PQC/E)
Research funding history
13 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2019–2025). Reported award amounts total $6,598,839. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense