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Antenna Control Computer for TT&C Phased Array Antenna

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: F19628-01-C-0038
Agency Tracking Number: 001SN-2679
Amount: $0.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2001
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
2904 44th Avenue North
St. Petersburg, FL 33714
United States
DUNS: 960092674
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Mark Strain
 Principal Investigator
 (727) 547-9799
 mstrain@custom-mfg-eng.com
Business Contact
 Nancy Crews
Title: President
Phone: (727) 547-9799
Email: ncrews@custom-mfg-eng.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

The Phase II objective is to utilize the Phase I research and preliminary architecture trade study results to finalize the candidate rankings, select a candidate architecture, and then develop and prototype a low-cost Antenna Control Computer (ACC) withassociated software. The ACC will provide a proof-of-concept for control of an Objective phased array antenna design that would modernize TT&C antenna capabilities in the Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN). One ACC with a reliable solid-stateelectronically steered array (ESA) antenna can upgrade several aging Antenna Control Units (ACU) that now control problematic, mechanically steered parabolic dish antennas. The ACC will help AFSCN evolve from its current configuration and capability to aninteroperable, open network architecture providing integrated, assured, cost effective antenna control for the objective phased array antenna for TT&C. CME's technical approach will be to design and prototype an open system workstation-based, low-costphased array antenna ACC that efficiently manages a distributed processing module network with each node linked to each facet panel of a geodesic dome phased array antenna. Our prototype will be backwards compatible with existing data processing and othermission applications which are resident with the legacy Control and Status (C&S) computer. This will minimize risk and system downtime to the AFSCN.

* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *

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