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Development of Digital Receiver/Exciters for Missile Defense Radars

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Missile Defense Agency 		Award ID:
81737 		Program Year/Program:
2007 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
B063-032-0929 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
APPLIED RADAR, INC.
315 Commerce Park Road North Kingstown, RI -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2007
Title: Development of Digital Receiver/Exciters for Missile Defense Radars
Agency / Branch: DOD / MDA
Contract: W9113M-07-C-0079
Award Amount: $100,000.00
 

Abstract:

This proposal will address the development of digital receivers and exciters capable of supporting > 1 GHz of instantaneous bandwidth (IBW). The technology will be used in large scalable BMD radar arrays employing a digital waveform generator and digital receiver at the analog input/output of each subarray panel. The receivers/exciters include the necessary up/downconversion and local oscillator circuitry necessary to generate or receive an X-band waveform. Recent developments in > 2 GSPS A/D and D/A chipsets and state-of-the-art FPGA technology allow the real-time processing of wideband (> 1 GHz) radar data, while commercially-available MMIC and PLL chipsets allow the translation of the baseband signals to/from X-band. Several challenges exist in the packaging of the mixed-signal electronics in a manner suitable for a large radar array, routing of the high-speed digital signals both on- and off-board, and cohering of the many receiver/exciter channels across the array. The output of the proposed digital receiver/exciter channels would likely be fed to a wideband digital beamformer array. In Phase I, Applied Radar will design the digital receiver/exciter hardware for a single channel, and develop a multi-channel hardware architecture and packaging approach. In Phase II, the hardware will be fabricated and tested, and integrated with an array such as an MDA SPEAR panel.

Principal Investigator:

William H. Weedon
President/CEO
4012950062
whw@appliedradar.com

Business Contact:

William H. Weedon
President/CEO
4012950062
whw@appliedradar.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

APPLIED RADAR, INC.
210 Airport Street Quonset Point North Kingstown, RI 02852

EIN/Tax ID: 043438479
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No