US Army turns to small businesses for help on EW technology development
Prototypes to address gaps in US Army warfighter technology
The US Army has picked nine small businesses and non-profit research institution partners to continue developing technologies in seven categories of network operations.
Contracts worth up to $1.1 million apiece have been awarded under a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer. Each recipient will spend six to 18 months developing a demonstration prototype.
The seven categories are: interference and jamming of HF radios; position navigation without GPS; phased-array antennas for extremely HF satellite communications; millimetre waveforms for tactical networking; edge sensor processing; adaptable tactical communications (advanced soldier radios); and standoff electronic denial (disrupting, disabling or destroying the electronics on a remote target).
‘The 10 selected Phase II projects primarily support the Army Modernization Priority, Network,’ the US Army noted in a 5 November statement.
Phase II is expected to lead to funding from the DoD, US Army or private sector for further product development.
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