US Army looks to small businesses for innovation around battlefield communications, advances sought for sending/receiving simultaneous voice, video and data
Battlefield communication is challenging, particularly when voice, video and data are all competing for limited frequency spectrum.
Military leaders think a Single Frequency-Simultaneous Transmit and Receive (SF-STAR) system could remedy for the situation.
As part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, the US Army is looking for technology proposals related to SF-STAR, according to an announcement.
In order to continue mission critical communication and share more information, technologies that can increase spectral efficiency are needed. Frequency spectrum is very limited, especially overseas.
As a result of these issues, the US Army is constantly looking for technologies that can reduce interference and improve spectrum efficiency.
SF-STAR is a potential solution to this problem and it offers the capability to double the bandwidth capacity for several applications in the DoD community.
Benefits of this technology on tactical radio systems include, but are not limited to
- increased spectrum efficiency,
- higher bandwidths, and
- less co-site interference.
The Army is interested in SF-STAR technologies with a constellation of features.
Proposals must be completely submitted no later than noon ET, March 24, 2021.
Read the full announcement HERE.
