SBIR/STTR Research Award

Open Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need

Award identifier dd898b8ef13b4024a1e178412c0b096b12df861a98fe1ff6307383118c6239e0Awarding agency Department of Defense · Air Force

Award amount

$49,344

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

2020

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Defense
Branch
Air Force
Recipient company
ASTRANIS SPACE TECHNOLOGIES CORP
Proposal award date
2019-12-12
Contract end date
2020-12-12
UEI
L8J4JMAP3496
Solicitation number
DoD SBIR X19.2
Topic code
AF193-CSO1

Research abstract

Astranis Space Technologies Corp. (San Francisco, CA) dramatically lowers the cost and lead time of manufacturing and deploying telecommunication satellites, building an affordable and scalable global infrastructure. Their breakthrough satellite technology— MicroGEO—offers the United States Air Force a low-cost solution of flexible microsatellite bandwidth options. With some of the top engineers in the world for antenna design, signal processing, structures, and embedded software recruited from NASA and SpaceX, Astranis has quickly garnered the attention in the commercial new space industry attracting over $53M in venture capital financing by top-tier investors including the famed Andreessen Horowitz fund in Silicon Valley.

Technology keywords

Not reported

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Research funding history

4 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2020–2024). Reported award amounts total $4,479,248. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase I, Phase II – Direct to Phase II, Phase II

Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Agency intelligence

Department of Defense

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