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<H1>US Air Force - SDR's for Space</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The US Air Force has award a contract to Space Micro Inc.
to develop a <STRONG>Software Defined Radio</STRONG> that can <STRONG>operate in
the high radiation environment of space.</STRONG> Radio Amateurs have been
developing satellite SDR's for over 5 years.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Radio Amateurs started developing Software Defined linear
satellite transponders in 2005. The first, a UHF-VHF transponder, was
demonstrated by Howard G6LVB at the AMSAT-UK Colloquium in July 2005.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Howard subsequently showed a UHF-SHF version at the 2006
Colloquium and it is planned to use the STELLA Software Defined transponder on
the P3E satellite.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The new Amateur Radio satellite ARISSAT-1 will be flying a
software defined radio named Odyssey.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>2006 - UHF-SHF Software Defined Cross Band Linear
Transponder<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.southgatearc.org/news/july2006/crossband_linear_transponder.htm"
target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.southgatearc.org/news/july2006/crossband_linear_transponder.htm</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Odyssey - ARISSAT-1 Software Defined Radio<BR></FONT><A
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target=_blank><FONT
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<P><FONT face=Tahoma>P3E Satellite Mission<BR></FONT><A
href="http://www.p3e-satellite.org/en_EN/mission.html" target=_blank><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.p3e-satellite.org/en_EN/mission.html</FONT></A></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Space Micro Inc Press Release<BR></FONT><A
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<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Air Force Selects Space Micro to Develop Software Defined
Radio for Space <BR><BR>SAN DIEGO, CA – February 15, 2010 – Space Micro Inc, an
innovator of radiation hardened microelectronics for space applications,
announced today that it has been awarded a $100,000 by the Air Force Research
Laboratory (AFRL) for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
contract. The contract is to develop space communications hardware that is
compatible with a wide variety of existing communication systems and is not
susceptible to the damaging effects of radiation in space.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>This reconfigurable hardware, called the Micro Software
Defined Radio (µSDR™) will be ideally suited for several Air Force satellites to
support the various ground forces and aircraft around the world.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Traditional software defined radios have major problems in
radiation environments, such as those that exist in space. The µSDR™ will be
scalable, reconfigurable, and radiation hardened against the harsh space
environment, making it suitable for long term satellite use.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>Dr. Bert Vermeire, CTO at Space Micro, said “this is a big
step, both for Space Micro and for the space industry. There is a definite need
for a radiation hardened software defined radio for space, and we have the
technology and experience to create one.”</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The µSDR™ will incorporate will incorporate Space Micro’s
proven radiation mitigation techniques along with innovative new solutions that
will drastically improve the reliability and functionality of software defined
radios in space.</FONT><BR><BR></P></BODY></HTML>