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Affordable Ka-Band Metamaterial-Based Electronically Scanned Array Radar for Test and Training

Department of DefenseARMY

AI Overview

Develop a low-cost Ka-band metamaterial-based electronically scanned array radar for test and training environments. The innovative design aims to reduce production costs while maintaining high performance for emulating threat representative systems.

This summary is AI-generated from the official solicitation.

Key Details

Agency
Department of Defense
Funding Amount
Release Date
November 18, 2025
Due Date
May 13, 2026
Phase I Award
$250,000

Official Description

The Test and Evaluation community has a need for multiple low-cost high-performance Ka band radars that can be utilized to emulate threat representative systems. Currently the cost of these systems for the above-mentioned usage is prohibited. Advancements in metamaterials and low-cost software solutions show promise in reducing the cost of Ka-Band arrays while maintaining high performance. Metamaterial-based arrays could eliminate expensive transmit/receive modules utilized in traditional AESAs ...

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Change History

Status ChangedApr 14, 2026 at 11:32 AM

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Close Date changed from 2026-03-04 to 2026-04-29

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Open Date changed from 2026-02-11 to 2026-04-01

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Q&A UpdatedJan 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM

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Q&A UpdatedJan 7, 2026 at 10:05 PM

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Q&A UpdatedJan 5, 2026 at 9:06 PM

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Description ChangedJan 5, 2026 at 9:06 PM

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Content updated: description, objective, phase_1_description, phase_2_description, phase_3_description

Date ChangedJan 5, 2026 at 9:06 PM

Affordable Ka-Band Metamaterial-Based Electronically Scanned Array Radar for Test and Training

Close Date changed from 2026-01-28 to 2026-02-04

Date ChangedJan 5, 2026 at 9:06 PM

Affordable Ka-Band Metamaterial-Based Electronically Scanned Array Radar for Test and Training

Open Date changed from 2026-01-07 to 2026-01-14

Q&A UpdatedDec 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM

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