CESIUMASTRO INC — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: H9
CESIUMASTRO INC — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
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- Watch for Phase II follow-ons from the same firm/topic family — that conversion path is where budgets and transition pressure rise.
- Obligated amount $124,926. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
- Topic code H9 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $124,926
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- H9
- Solicitation
- SBIR_20_P1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- TX
- Period
- 2020-08-25 → 2021-03-01
Description
In order to provide high performance communication links for lunar and deep space missions, while dramatically improving cost and reducing SWaP, new approaches are required. The key enablersnbsp;to deliver this step change, mass manufacturability and software-defined design, serve as cornerstones to Cesiumrsquo;s modular design ecosystem. Leveraging Cesiumrsquo;s existingnbsp;phased array communicationnbsp;hardware and development roadmap, this submission proposes a feasibility study to define the required software development and hardware adaptation to enablenbsp;dual function active phased array communication and radar sensing system from the same payload. Such a system will bring all the advantages of Cesiumrsquo;s modular scalable approach, adding dual use functionality within a very low SWaP, low cost solution.nbsp;By combining communications and radar within one payload, the system provides two functionalities from one-equipment set of size weight and power. Moreover, the system can be scaled to suit a very wide range of mission scenarios based on Cesiumrsquo;s modular building blocks.