Project Grant 2110357

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $9,964,628.46, was provided by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program (CFDA 11.038). The goal of this 3-year project is to advance the rapid growth and deployment of Massive Multiple Input, Multiple Output (MMIMO) Open Radio Units (O-RUs) into current and future networks. Key activities include studying trade-offs to implement network beamforming while...

Microwave Techniques LLC was awarded a $200,000 Project Grant from the Department of Energy Office of Science under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) to develop a MULTI-MEGAWATT RF VACUUM WINDOW FOR HIGH DUTY-FACTOR RF ACCELERATING CAVITIES. The grant aims to support the Office of Science's mission to deliver scientific discoveries and tools that transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy security and economic competitiveness by funding research...

This three-year, $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will support research into energy-efficient terahertz communications technologies for beyond fifth-generation wireless systems. The University of California, Irvine will lead collaborative efforts with institutions in Finland to address fundamental physical layer challenges through four interconnected research thrusts. Specifically, the award will fund...

This Project Grant award from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program (CFDA 11.038) provides $43,285,439.25 to Microelectronics Technology Inc. (MTI) to develop a family of five energy-efficient, standards-compliant Open RAN macro radios. These radios will be designed for operation with four global mobile network operators, including DISH Wireless, and will comply with 3GPP Release 19 and O-RAN...

The federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program (CFDA 11.038), aims to re-establish U.S. leadership in the radio unit (RU) market for massive multiple input-multiple output (MIMO) open radio units (O-RUs). The $56,232,784.75 grant, awarded on January 1, 2025, will support Abside Networks Inc. in developing and commercializing two VLA O-RU models based on its...

This Project Grant award from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program (CFDA 11.038) provides $46,076,086.71 to Eridan Communications Inc. to accelerate the development of their carrier-grade, open-RAN small-cell radio unit (RU) technology. The work will incorporate laboratory capabilities for a 4-transmit, 4-receive RU at 100 MHz instantaneous bandwidth, execute design improvements for cost,...

This $2,000,000 Project Grant was awarded by the Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration under the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund Grant Program (CFDA 11.038). The purpose is to develop testing and evaluation procedures for open and interoperable solutions for next-generation (5G-Advanced and beyond) radio access network (RAN) components in the FR3 spectrum band, with a focus on shared and adversarial scenarios. Key activities include...

Radiabeam Technologies, LLC received a $199,722 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to develop a compact radiofrequency chopper for high-energy heavy-ion beams. The Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049) aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Under this award, Radiabeam Technologies will design and test a compact RF chopper to...

This $450,000 three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems, under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), will support the University of Notre Dame in developing high performance optically-controlled radio frequency switches with ferroelectric latching for advanced reconfigurable millimeter-wave to terahertz circuits. The university will investigate and demonstrate a novel switching technology using lightwave control...

Freedom Photonics LLC received a $249,987 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on February 22, 2021 to support the Quantum All-Optical Transponder (QOAT) project. The award was made under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049), which aims to deliver scientific discoveries and tools to transform understanding of nature and advance U.S. energy and economic security. Through this funding, Freedom Photonics will develop a QOAT prototype to...