The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Kymeta Government Solutions, Inc., a for-profit organization, to design, analyze, build, test, and deliver a small, lightweight, low-cost, low-power electronically steered Ka-band prototype antenna subsystem module (ASM) intended for use on 3U or larger CubeSats. This antenna uses a tunable dielectric material and an array of radiating elements to create an interference pattern that steers the beam in the desired direction, providing moderate gain without the use of mechanical steering and similar functional performance to a traditional phased array at a fraction of the size, weight, power, and cost. The contract, a definitive firm-fixed-price contract, has a potential value of $749,649.00 and was awarded on June 7, 2017, with a completion date of October 31, 2018. The contract was set aside for small businesses.
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