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RF Photonic Multiple, Simultaneous RF Beamforming for Phased Array Sensors

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: FA8650-14-M-1770
Agency Tracking Number: F141-184-1921
Amount: $149,946.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: AF141-184
Solicitation Number: 2014.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2014
Award Year: 2014
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2014-05-02
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2015-02-02
Small Business Information
90 Arnold Place Suite D
Santa Barbara, CA 93117-
United States
DUNS: 191741292
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Leif Johansson
 General Manager
 (805) 967-4900
 leif@freedomphotonics.com
Business Contact
 Milan Mashanovitch
Title: General Manager
Phone: (805) 967-4900
Email: mashan@freedomphotonics.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Modern phased array sensors demand wideband operation and large instantaneous bandwidths, without suffering from beam-squint. True time delay (TTD) allows for multi-octave squint-free operation; however this becomes impractical to implement in electronics for large arrays, requiring extreme angles of beamsteering for multiple simultaneous beams, especially on small platforms like unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Freedom Photonics proposes to develop a low cost, size, weight and power (C-SWaP) photonic integrated time delay unit (TDU) for simultaneous RF multi-beamforming, by utilizing expertise in photonic integration, and leveraging the combined benefits of active-devices in photonic integrated circuits (PICs).

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