Retrofit Antijam Applique for Handheld GPS Receivers

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense

Branch: Army

Contract: DAAB07-01-C-L508

Agency Tracking Number: A002-1096

Amount: $119,627.00

Phase: Phase I

Program: SBIR

Solicitation Topic Code: N/A

Solicitation Number: N/A

Timeline

Solicitation Year: N/A

Award Year: 2001

Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A

Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A

Small Business Information

WANG ELECTRO-OPTO CORPORATION

2140 Newmarket Parkway

Marietta, GA 30067

United States

DUNS: 796267656

HUBZone Owned: No

Woman Owned: No

Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No

Principal Investigator

Name: Johnson Wang
Title: Chief Scientist
Phone: (770) 955-9311
Email: jjhwang@weo.com

Business Contact

Name: Maurizio Giabbai
Title: Director of Business Dev.
Phone: (770) 955-9321
Email: mgiabbai@weo.com

Research Institution

N/A

Abstract

The land warrior has become increasingly dependent on handheld GPS (Global Positioning System) receivers for providing location information in high interference environments for Situation Awareness, etc. on modern battlefield. A solution is to replace thelegacy antenna with a relatively inexpensive smart antenna appliquÂ¿ to null out the jam. This smart antenna should be a direct replacement for the current antenna, without any change to the receiver, and with minimal consumption of battery power. A jamindicator and interference signal level measurement can be provided with manual activation of antijam operation only when jam is detected.Recently, Wang Electro-Opto Corporation (WEO) successfully developed the first battery-operated

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Retrofit Antijam Applique for Handheld GPS Receivers