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A High Cross-Pol Isolation Multi-Frequency Antenna for Cloud and Precipitation…

Award Information

Agency:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
90639 		Program Year/Program:
2010 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
085479 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
S1 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Remote Sensing Solutions, Inc.
3179 Main Street, Unit 3 PO Box 1092 Barnstable, MA 02630-2092
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2010
Title: A High Cross-Pol Isolation Multi-Frequency Antenna for Cloud and Precipitation Research
Agency: NASA
Contract: NNX10CA54C
Award Amount: $599,176.00
 

Abstract:

This proposed Phase II SBIR would realize a prototype of an offset Gregorian antenna design that will be delivered to NASA for integration in the D3R GPM ground validation radar system, for which RSS is currently fabricating the radar transceiver through a Phase III project. During the Phase I effort for this antenna system, Remote Sensing Solutions developed a design for a novel dual-wavelength Ku/Ka-band radar remote sensing antenna system with high integrated cross-polarization isolation (> 30 dB) and low sidelobes (< -25 dB). The design provides high gain (< 1 deg beamwidth) and matched antenna patterns in a rugged mechanical configuration that is transportable in a standard sea-container. The primary innovations realized in the Phase I design that would be implemented in the Phase II effort include: an ultra-low cross-pol reflector, a rugged compact feed with very low cross-polarization supporting multiple polarizations at Ku and Ka-band and a robust mechanical structure to meet the antenna electrical tolerances over a wide range of environmental conditions.

Principal Investigator:

James R. Carswell
Principal Investigator
5083629400
carswell@remotesensingsolutions.com

Business Contact:

James Canniff
Business Official
5083629400
canniff@remotesensingsolutions.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

Remote Sensing Solutions, Inc.
3179 Main Street, Unit 3, P.O. Box 1092 Barnstable, MA 02630

EIN/Tax ID: 431983861
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No