LeoLabs Selected by the U.S. Government to Deliver Next-Generation Radar Technology

June 13, 2024

LeoLabs announces it has been selected by AFWERX for a SBIR Phase II contract in the amount of $1.245M focused on S-band 2-D Direct Radiating Array (DRA) to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). The Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX have partnered to streamline the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) process by accelerating the small business experience through faster proposal to award timelines, changing the pool of potential applicants by expanding opportunities to small business and eliminating bureaucratic overhead by continually implementing process improvement changes in contract execution. The DAF began offering the Open Topic SBIR/STTR program in 2018 which expanded the range of innovations the DAF funded and now on 21 May 2024, LeoLabs will start its journey to create and provide innovative capabilities that will strengthen the national defense of the United States of America.

"As the number of adversarial satellites in space dramatically increases year over year, we are committed to supporting the U.S. Department of Defense's efforts to enhance tracking of non-cooperative launches, smaller orbital debris, and objects in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO)," says LeoLabs CEO Tony Frazier. "We are dedicated to enhancing the resiliency of space architectures and strengthening deterrence to ensure U.S. national security. LeoLabs is proud to be selected by the U.S. Department of the Air Force to lead the development of critical, next-generation radar technology central to countering security threats in space."

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