Coherent Distributed Aperture Enabled Active Electronically Steered Array (CDA-AESA)
Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Missile Defense Agency
Contract: HQ0147-11-C-7699
Agency Tracking Number: B2-1527a
Amount:
$1,245,963.00
Phase:
Phase II
Program:
STTR
Awards Year:
2011
Solicitation Year:
2007
Solicitation Topic Code:
MDA07-T011
Solicitation Number:
2007.
Small Business Information
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DUNS:
041546834
HUBZone Owned:
N
Woman Owned:
N
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged:
N
Principal Investigator
Name: Michael Deaett
Title: Principal Engineer
Phone: (401) 295-0062
Email: miked@appliedradar.com
Title: Principal Engineer
Phone: (401) 295-0062
Email: miked@appliedradar.com
Business Contact
Name: Michael Sherry
Title: Vice-President
Phone: (401) 295-0062
Email: msherry@appliedradar.com
Title: Vice-President
Phone: (401) 295-0062
Email: msherry@appliedradar.com
Research Institution
Name: MIT/Lincoln Labs
Contact: Eric Evans
Address: 244 Wood Street
Lexington, MA, 02420-9108
Phone: (781) 981-5935
Type: Federally funded R&D center (FFRDC)
Contact: Eric Evans
Address: 244 Wood Street
Lexington, MA, 02420-9108
Phone: (781) 981-5935
Type: Federally funded R&D center (FFRDC)
Abstract
Missile threats faced by our country are constantly increasing in lethality. The weapon used to counter such missiles is the kinetic interceptor. To work effectively, the reentry vehicle (RV) location must be precisely known. Confusing objects within the reentry complex make the key discrimination process very difficult. Coherent distributed aperture (CDA) radar represents an important advance in precision discrimination capability. To maintain performance, high angular resolution utilizing active electronically steered arrays (AESAs) subtending many wavelengths, is required. Such AESAs will operate at X-band. It is therefore important to develop newer and lower cost X-band components. During Phase I, we investigated technologies essential to making cost effective, low-power-density, large aperture AESAs work. We identified the digital receiver-exciter (DREX) as a critical AESA element that remains to be developed. The DREX must support high bandwidth CDA orthogonal waveforms. For interoperability, the interfaces to the DREX must incorporate a radar open system architecture (ROSA) interface and respond to radar control and data acquisition commands with minimal latency. The research that we propose will result in a functioning DREX prototype that meets these requirements. As a result, a range of CDA advanced performance verification experiments will be enabled. * Information listed above is at the time of submission. *