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Low Size Weight and Power (SWaP) wideband Digital Receiver Exciters (DREX) technologies for Radar and Communication Systems

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N68335-13-C-0271
Agency Tracking Number: N131-009-0266
Amount: $79,999.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N131-009
Solicitation Number: 2013.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2013
Award Year: 2013
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2013-05-15
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2013-11-15
Small Business Information
6900 K Ave
Plano, TX -
United States
DUNS: 069871502
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Kyle Whaley
 Principle Investigator
 (972) 747-0707
 kwhaley@mustangtechnology.com
Business Contact
 Ron Neal
Title: Contracts
Phone: (972) 747-0707
Email: rneal@mustangtechnology.com
Research Institution
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Abstract

Mustang proposes to develop innovative, low Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) Digital Receiver Exciter (DREX) technologies needed for simultaneous operation of the U.S. Navy Fire Scout Radar Autonomous Collision and Avoidance System (RACAS) and Coherent Automatic Radar Periscope Detection and Discrimination (C-ARPDD) modes. The design will also support the integration of multiple Radio Frequency (RF) applications that have historically been treated as separate systems (such as Communications, Navigation, and Electronic Warfare) with lower overall SWaP and cost requirements. This concept is a next-generation DREX design with improved SWaP for a C-Band (5250-5900 MHz) radar and communication array. A binary phase or frequency shift keying communication waveform using the HAD-DREX hardware will be applied. We will show how our design is capable of generating highly complex adaptive transmit waveforms such as radar waveforms with spectral transmit notches and Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) waveforms for communications applications. Included will be the benefits of our tightly coupled FPGA-Digital Signal Processor (DSP) solution that enables a substantial amount of signal processing to be performed directly in the DREX, which greatly simplifies the interface to the platform general purpose processor while providing a highly adaptable antenna interface.

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