Cooperative Agreement NAVCA210421

Starnav LLC received a $295,979 National Science Foundation Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships project grant to develop a Low Earth Orbit Navigation System (LEONS) ground network. Under this award effective December 1, 2021 through October 31, 2022, Starnav will deliver a ground-based navigation system to support spacecraft in low Earth orbit. The NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program seeks to advance science and engineering research leading to breakthrough technologies...

This Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001 - Science) will provide $275,020.00 to The Regents of the University of Colorado to conduct research on passive autonomy navigation, topography, and habitability exploration radar. The award period is from July 24, 2024 to July 23, 2027. As part of this project, the University of Arizona will receive a sub-award to support the efforts of Dr. Christopher Hamilton, a...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $1,299,988 Project Grant under the NOAA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021) to Space Balloon Technologies Corp (doing business as Spaceloon) to develop a novel Controlled Altitude Ballooning (CAB) platform. The CAB technology enables balloons to ascend and descend through multiple atmospheric layers, from the troposphere to the mesosphere, allowing for bi-directional sampling and improved atmospheric...

This Project Grant award for $307,252.00, provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001), supports research to integrate Earth observations for advancing equitable resilience to geohazards in a changing climate. The primary awardee, Trustees of Tufts College (Tufts University), will work to develop high-resolution maps of vertical land motion using multi-temporal InSAR and GNSS data, which can be used to generate...

This $12.1 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports the establishment of the Atmospheric Science and Chemistry Measurement Network (ASCENT) through September 2024. ASCENT aims to advance atmospheric science, climate, and air quality research by establishing a network of 12 ground-based monitoring sites across the U.S. Each site will be equipped with advanced instrumentation for real-time measurement of aerosol chemical...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the Aeronautics (CFDA 43.002) program provides $1,830,000.00 to New Mexico State University (NMSU) to develop a Mobility-Energy-Coordinated Platform for Infrastructure Planning to Support Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Aircraft Operations. The project aims to create models and tools to support planning for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) and regional air mobility (RAM)...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Cooperative Agreement award provides $976,584 to Starnav LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, to develop a ground network service that supports the use of existing and future low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite signals for positioning and timing. The project aims to create an alternative or complement to the Global Positioning System (GPS) that is resilient to jamming and hacking. The key...

This Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001 - Science) aims to enhance the management and conservation of the Ross Sea Region Marine Protected Area (RSRMPA) through the implementation of the "Big Blue Cloud" - a cloud-based data science platform developed by Ocean Motion Technologies Inc. The $249,105 project will integrate NASA Earth observation data with in-situ datasets to provide critical support...

This Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (CFDA 11.021) provides funding to Anysignal Inc., a small business in El Segundo, CA, to conduct a feasibility study for using an Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) software-defined radio platform to collect global navigation satellite system radio occultation (GNSS-RO) data. The $252,810 award will support a systems-level assessment of the IRIS...

This $1,300,000 federal Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program is funding the development of NOMAD, an instrument designed to remotely observe nitric oxide (NO) in the upper atmosphere during and after large geomagnetic storms. The objective is to provide decision-makers with improved characterization and prediction of the timing, intensity, and impact of space weather events on critical...