Definitive Contract N6600114C5211

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to W5 Technologies Inc., a for-profit small business subchapter S corporation, for the development of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) for Moderate Data Rate Communications (MMDR). The firm-fixed-price contract, with a potential value of $749,646.00, supports research and development efforts related to MUOS, a narrowband military satellite...

This is a 12-month, $391,583 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Army Materiel Command Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Megawave Corporation, a small business that specializes in custom antenna development and electromagnetics expertise. The contract is for research and development of a mobile user objective system (MUOS) on-the-move antenna. The award is a cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract, set aside for small businesses....

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to W5 Technologies Inc., a small business based in Scottsdale, Arizona. The $179,269.94 firm-fixed-price contract is to develop a way to expand the currently available Multiple User Objective System (MUOS) testing and simulation capabilities to more than one terminal type. MUOS is a narrowband military satellite communications system for the Department of Defense. W5...

This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to Custom MMIC Design Services, Inc. (now part of Qorvo Texas, LLC) to develop advanced radio frequency (RF) technologies for future space communications and sensor applications. The contract, valued at $692,131.00, focuses on the design and development of high-efficiency, high-linearity 10 to 20 watt solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs) operating in the Ka-band frequency range. The goal is to produce...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to W5 Technologies Inc., a small business, for a Firm Fixed Price of $149,293.00. The contract is for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), a narrowband military satellite communications system. W5 Technologies Inc. has previously provided research, development, upgrades, and maintenance services for MUOS to various Department of Defense...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by NASA to Quinstar Technology, Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop a high-efficiency, solid-state power amplifier (SSPA) operating at Ka-band frequencies for high data rate, long-range space communications. The proposed 20 W amplifier with 60% power-added efficiency (PAE) is designed to utilize gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon carbide (SiC) device technology and a switching mode of operation (Class-F) to...

This $749,929 Firm Fixed Price contract was awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Quinstar Technology, Inc., a minority-owned small business, under the SBIR program. The contract is for the development of a family of high-power, compact, reliable, and affordable solid-state power amplifiers operating in the W-band (94 GHz) frequency range. These amplifiers are critical for NASA missions and other remote sensing and environmental measurement applications. The initial...

The U.S. government has awarded a $124,992 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Nu Waves LTD., a manufacturer of radio frequency systems located in Liberty Township, Ohio. The contract is for the development of the Hyperion, a high-efficiency 25-watt power amplifier monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) to support NASA's Control and Non-Payload Communications (CNPC) program. The Hyperion MMIC, which utilizes a Doherty amplifier design, can...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to NuWaves LTD., doing business as NuWaves Engineering, a veteran-owned small business manufacturer located in Liberty Township, Ohio. The contract is for the design, simulation, and prototyping of a high-efficiency, linear radio frequency (RF) C-band power amplifier to provide range extension for NASA's Control and Non-Payload Communication (CNPC) transceiver...

This is a $545,000.00 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command to W5 Technologies Inc., a leading provider of software engineering solutions for military communications systems. The contract is for the development and delivery of a single satellite beam carrier for the Multiple User Objective System (MUOS), a narrowband satellite communications system for the Department of Defense. This award is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)...