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CONFORMAL UHF (SATCOM) ANTENNA FOR TACTICAL AIRCRAFT

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Navy 		Award ID:
13187 		Program Year/Program:
1990 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
13187 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
ATLANTIC AEROSPACE ELECTRONICS CORP.
6404 Ivy Lane, Suite 300 Greenbelt, MD 20770
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 1990
Title: CONFORMAL UHF (SATCOM) ANTENNA FOR TACTICAL AIRCRAFT
Agency / Branch: DOD / NAVY
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $49,521.00
 

Abstract:

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PHASE I PROPOSAL IS TO FINALIZE A PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF A UNIQUE ANTENNA ELEMENT DEVELOPED AT ATLANTIC AEROSPACE FOR USE AS A UHF SATCOM ANTENNA ON TACTICAL NAVY AIRCRAFT. THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES OF THE ELEMENT DESIGN ARE WIDELY USED IN MICROWAVE FILTER AND RADOME DESIGNS. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS ELEMENT WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT SIZE REDUCTION (UP TO ONE FOURTH) OVER COMPARABLE UHF SATCOM ELEMENTS DEMONSTRATED TO DATE. THE ELEMENT HAS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR SOLVING UHF SATCOM NEEDS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE NAVY AIRCRAFT WITH IMPROVED AXIAL RATIO ON HORIZON AND CONSTANT PATTERN SHAPE OVER THE FREQUENCY BAND. THE APPROACH TAKEN TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE PERFORMANCE OF THE DESIGN WILL BE BASED ON COMPUTATIONS USING COMPUTER CODES WHICH HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED AND VALIDATED AT ATLANTIC AEROSPACE. THE USE OF COMPREHENSIVE, RIGOROUS, VALIDATED ANALYSIS TO PERFORM ITERATIVE TRADEOFFS BETWEEN SPECIFICATIONS AND DESIGN SENSITIVITIES HAS ADVANTAGES OVER A STRICTLY EMPIRICAL HARDWARE INVESTIGATION. ONE CLEAR ADVANTAGE IS THAT PERFORMANCE TRADES AND MANUFACTURING TOLERANCES CAN BE QUANTIFIED, THUS ALLOWING THE CUSTOMER TO READILY ASSESS TECHNICAL RISK ASSOCIATED WITH FABRICATING PROTOTYPE ELEMENTS IN THE HARDWARE DEMONSTRATION AND VALIDATION, WHICH WILL BE PERFORMED IN PHASE II.

Principal Investigator:

Anthony Modelfino
3019825237

Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Atlantic Aerospace Electronics
6404 Ivy Ln - Ste 300 Greenbelt, MD 20770

EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No