SBIR-STTR Award

Deployable Multi-Band Radio Base Station
Award last edited on: 5/10/2023

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : Navy
Total Award Amount
$3,318,669
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
N122-148
Principal Investigator
John Rabo

Company Information

W5 Technologies Inc

1525 North Hayden Road Suite 115
Scottsdale, AZ 85257
   (480) 422-6009
   info@w5tech.com
   www.w5tech.com
Location: Multiple
Congr. District: 01
County: Maricopa

Phase I

Contract Number: N66001-13-P-5127
Start Date: 3/15/2013    Completed: 9/14/2013
Phase I year
2013
Phase I Amount
$142,906
WCDMA repeater payloads being developed for deployment on unmanned aerial vehicles will provide enhanced beyond line of sight coverage with guaranteed Quality of Service for the warfighter. To become a reality, these payloads will require deployable multiband base stations to serve as the ground infrastructure. The base station will be designed in this project, thereby enabling this network architecture and revolutionizing battlefield communications.

Benefit:
The warfighter will benefit from this innovation by enhanced (e.g. polar region) coverage from the additional WCDMA payloads. In many regions, he will then be served by a choice of WCDMA beams, eliminating the single point of failure of a single beam.

Keywords:
WCDMA, WCDMA, JTRS, Military WCDMA, MUOS

Phase II

Contract Number: N66001-14-C-5217
Start Date: 9/30/2014    Completed: 9/29/2015
Phase II year
2014
(last award dollars: 2019)
Phase II Amount
$3,175,763

The overall objective of this project is to provide NAWCAD with a local and enduring MUOS terminal test capability. This is achievable through W5s Mobile User Objective Orientation System (MUOOS) which is the worlds first and only MUOS satellite and ground system simulator. This project is broken down into two objectives. Objective 1 is to assemble and deliver a MUOOS to NAWCADs laboratory. The second objective is to enhance the capability of the MUOOS through the addition of MUOS group call services.

Benefit:
Provides Primes and Program of Record with off satellite MUOS capability to allow integration, testing and troubleshooting of MUOS terminals during development. Beyond development, platforms and warfighers will use the MUOS simulator to integrate, test and troubleshoot this new capability while it is being integrated into various platforms.

Keywords:
User, cellular, simulator, MUOS, Objective, mobile, WCDMA, SATCOM