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Ultra Wide Band Water Sensor

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NNS04AA09C
Agency Tracking Number: 023717
Amount: $599,386.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: E4.01
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2002
Award Year: 2004
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2004-01-29
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2006-01-28
Small Business Information
7519 Standish Place, Suite 200
Rockville, MD 20855-2785
United States
DUNS: 161911532
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: Yes
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Eric van Doorn
 Principal Investigator
 (301) 294-5229
 evandoorn@i-a-i.com
Business Contact
 Marc Toplin
Title: Business Official
Phone: (301) 294-5215
Email: mtoplin@i-a-i.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

This proposal details an innovative water sensor system based on Ultra Wide Band (UWB) technology. We propose to mount UWB hardware on a remote controlled or autonomous Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) for both remote soil measurements, and measurements of snowpack depth and density. IAI has been doing independent work on UWB for several years, and is currently working on 15 contracts for different applications of UWB. Because of this extensive experience with UWB hardware, we built a functioning prototype sensing system that will meet many of NASA?s requirements in Phase I. Recent experimental results obtained in collaboration with NIST, and detailed simulations during Phase I, demonstrate the feasibility of our approach. In addition, the recent ruling by the FCC to allow for commercial use of UWB has opened the door for mass-produced, reliable UWB hardware available at low cost in the very near future, making our approach also economically very much feasible.

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