SBIR/STTR Research Award
Easy Release, Durable Conformal Antennas for SUAS
Award amount
$150,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED
- Proposal award date
- 2019-04-02
- Contract end date
- 2020-04-02
- UEI
- SJHFCDGKJJC5
- Solicitation number
- 18.3
- Topic code
- AF183-031
Research abstract
Currently used commercially available peel and stick conformal antennas for Group 1 and Group 2 Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) used by the Air Force are inadequate. They are either too weak and fail relevant Air Force validation and qualification tests or are not easily removed and damage the composite structure. Thus, any novel removable peel and stick conformal antenna solutions for SUAS must be easily removable without damaging the composites yet be very durable against environmental field exposures, passing all relevant military specifications. Luna will develop thin, lightweight, and easy-release conformal antennas suitable for any SUAS composite type. We will combine simulation and experimental fabrication to optimize product solutions to provide the Air Force a range of suitable, easy release, durable conformal antennas for SUAS.
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.
- Rugged Miniature SWDM Mux and Demux for Military Aircraft
- Advanced Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DFOS) for Naval Safety
- Distributed Linear and Angular Acceleration Measurement
- Terahertz Imaging for Detection of Corrosion and Defects Under Hull Coatings
- Multi-Modal SHM of Inflatable Habitats via Embedded Fiber Optics Sensing
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Enabling Lightweight, Flexible and Reusable Peel-and-Stick Conformal Antennas for SUAS (1000-533)
- Enabling Lightweight, Flexible and Reusable Peel-and-Stick Conformal Antennas for SUAS (1000-488)
Research funding history
994 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1991–2026). Reported award amounts total $336,438,763. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency