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Company Information:

Name: VADUM
Address: 601 Hutton St
Suite 109
Raleigh, NC
Located in HUBZone: No
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
Phone: (919) 880-1283

Award Totals:

Program/Phase Award Amount ($) Number of Awards
SBIR Phase I $307,861.00 4
SBIR Phase II $1,173,693.00 2

Award List:

Short-Range Detection of Radio Transceivers for Physical Security

Award Year / Program / Phase: 2007 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency / Branch: DOD / ARMY
Principal Investigator: Aaron Walker, Chief Technology Officer
Award Amount: $69,901.00
Abstract:
The ubiquitous nature of personal, wireless communications devices represents a daunting threat to the protection of secure facilities. The ever present push for smaller devices complicates the efforts of physical security organizations to determine if personnel entering a facility have one or more… More

Short-Range Detection of Radio Transceivers for Physical Security

Award Year / Program / Phase: 2008 / SBIR / Phase II
Agency / Branch: DOD / ARMY
Principal Investigator: Aaron Walker, Chief Technology Officer
Award Amount: $725,714.00
Abstract:
Identification and Significance of the Problem In the last 20 years, the use of personal, wireless communications devices by society has exploded. Nearly every adult (and many children) in developed and developing countries carries at least one communications device usually in the form of a mobile… More

Efficient Wideband Antenna for JTRS Ground Mobile Radio (GMR) Communications Systems

Award Year / Program / Phase: 2009 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency / Branch: DOD / NAVY
Principal Investigator: Mark Buff, COO
Award Amount: $68,851.00
Abstract:
Vadum proposes to develop and design an efficient, wideband antenna for use with the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Ground Mobile Radio (GMR) software defined radio by modifying Vadum''''''''s existing QDS Band 3 design to increase the frequency response from 500 - 2500 MHz to 225 - 2500 MHz.

Multi-shot EOD Disrupter for Robotic Applications

Award Year / Program / Phase: 2011 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency: DOD
Principal Investigator: Jesse Shaver, Scientist – (615) 668-7120
Award Amount: $69,119.00
Abstract:
A solicitation has requested a feasibility study on the topic of enhanced capabilities for the SD-IED disrupter tool, used for neutralization of IED"s and other explosive devices. Specifically, the solicitation requests investigation of designs for electrically-initiated semiautomatic disrupter… More

Multi-shot EOD Disrupter for Robotic Applications

Award Year / Program / Phase: 2012 / SBIR / Phase II
Agency: DOD
Principal Investigator: Jesse Shaver, Scientist – (919) 341-8241
Award Amount: $447,979.00
Abstract:
The Vadum Multi-shot Robotic EOD Disrupter (MRED) system builds upon the known effectiveness and versatility of the 12-gauge SD-IED disrupter by adding systems to enable remote loading and firing of multiple shots from EOD robotic platforms. Multi-shot capability allows engagement of one or more… More

Solid State High Power C-Band TWTA Replacement

Award Year / Program / Phase: 2012 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency: DOD
Principal Investigator: Todd Nichols, Principal Engineer – (919) 341-8241
Award Amount: $99,990.00
Abstract:
Many currently deployed and in-development weapons and associated systems require copious amounts of RF (radio frequency) power at many different frequency ranges. Simply put, the problem of RF power generation gets more difficult with increasing power level, increasing frequency, increasing… More