Tech firm in Pocahontas County wins SBIR contract with U.S. Army
- Release Date: Thursday, October 02, 2008
- Dateline (city): Arbovale, West Virginia
- Contact: Holly McGinness, Marketing Manager, 49 89 5488 4112
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Quiet Skies LLC in Arbovale, adjacent to the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO)
has been selected by the United States Army for a Phase I study called "Radio Astronomy based design for an Ultra LNA system." The project combines research experience from Radio Astronomy projects with new cryogenic cooler to create ultra high sensitivity radio receiver systems. The systems are used to receive high data rate signals from spacecraft.
Quiet Skies received the contract through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The SBIR and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs are federal initiatives that provide more than $1 billion in research and development grants and contracts each year to small businesses to develop new products and services based on advanced technologies. The West Virginia Small Business Development Center assists the state’s small technology businesses with SBIR/STTR proposal preparation workshops, confidential consulting and grants. For more information on Quiet Skies, visit http://www.frontiernet.net/~quietskies.