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Platform Independent Omni-Directional Antennas (IODA "YODA")

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contract: W31P4Q-11-C-0179
Agency Tracking Number: 08SB2-0668
Amount: $743,389.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: SB082-037
Solicitation Number: 2008.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2008
Award Year: 2011
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2011-03-17
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
2780 Skypark Drive Suite 400
Torrance, CA -
United States
DUNS: 106823607
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: Yes
Principal Investigator
 ROB BORTOLIN
 Principal Investigator
 (310) 626-8389
 rbortolin@nextgenaero.com
Business Contact
 Zoltan Feher
Title: Manager, Contracts and Pr
Phone: (310) 626-8384
Email: zfeher@nextgenaero.com
Research Institution
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Abstract

NextGen Aeronautics Inc. has teamed with San Diego State University build on their successful Phase I effort to develop omni-directioinal antennas that perform independent of their mounting location. The planned work builds upon the team"s extensive prior experience in conformal load-bearing antenna structures (CLAS), reconfigurable antennas, and antenna design, in addition to the testing performed during Phase I. The team has down selected proposed antenna concepts that all have demonstrated 100% bandwidth from 6-18 GHz, with successful testing of their radiation patterns. The designs will be further improved based on the Phase I test results, before extensive testing is performed on multiple platforms, ranging from aircraft to people, to representative tanks. At the end of Phase II we will have significant test data validating our final antenna design, as well as integration of that design into a wideband receiver.

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