Space Technologies Development Program (STDP) Contracts for 2005
ALBERTA
NovaTel Inc., Calgary, AB
Galileo GNSS Test Receiver Development
NovaTel will design, implement, and test a dual-frequency L1/E5a Galileo Test Receiver to field-test the first signals from Galileo and will provide a standalone demonstration test environment. The engineering model receivers will allow the Canadian Space Agency to take part in the initial testing and evaluation of the European Space Agency's Galileo test signals scheduled to be transmitted in late 2005.
Value: $996,840
Contact: Tony Murfin
E-mail: tony.murfin@novatel.ca
BRITISH COLUMBIA
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), Richmond, B.C.
Data Capture Technologies for the High Rate Earth Observation Mission Market
MDA will design, build and test a Serial Ingest Board (SIB) and related software to develop a prototype package of technologies to meet the data capture requirements for the High Rate Earth Observation Mission market.
Value: $448,012
Contact: Mathieu Pilon
E-mail: mat@mda.ca
MANITOBA
InfoMagnetics Technologies Corporation, Winnipeg, MB
Phase Shifter with Integrated Low Actuation Voltage Micromachined Membranes
InfoMagnetics will design, develop and test a complete phase shifter device package to be used on communications satellites at Ka-band through to W-band frequencies and beyond. The application will primarily be in SAR antennas/phased arrays to steer the array beam.
Value: $149,600
Contact: Moe Barakat
E-mail: moe@imt.ca
NOVA SCOTIA
Martec Limited, Halifax, NS
Gasless Combustion Heating Element Technology for Microgravity Science Research
Martec has developed gasless combustion heating elements (GCHE) that surpass electrical heating in energy density and temperature range, and are safe to use in the space environment. The current project will integrate a GCHE into a client-specified experimental system to study physical vapour deposition processes in a microgravity environment during parabolic flights of the Canadian Falcon-20 aircraft.
Value: $151,657
Contact: Ken MacKay
E-mail: mackay@martec.com
Martec Limited, Halifax, NS
Thermal Energy Storing Structural Materials for Space-based Applications
Martec will develop structural materials that can store and release, on demand, large amounts of thermal energy via gasless combustion reactions. Such materials could have a number of space applications, such as spacecraft heating, planetary sample analysis, and space welding. They could be also employed in future construction operations on the Moon and Mars.
Value: $141,386
Contact: Ken MacKay
E-mail: mackay@martec.com
ONTARIO
A.U.G. Signals Ltd., Toronto, ON
Automatic Registration of Temporal Hyperspectral and Polarimetric SAR Images
A.U.G. Signals will develop a multi-frame, automatic registration algorithm for temporal polarimetric or temporal hyperspectral data and upgrade existing software. The upgrades are likely to be essential for on-board processing in future satellites. The technology will employ multiple pairs of temporal images simultaneously, resulting in more robust, high-accuracy registrations of 2-D and 3-D registered data.
Value: $212,819
Contact: George Lampropoulos
E-mail: lampro@augsignals.com
COM DEV International Ltd., Cambridge, ON
Self-Calibration Direct Modulator
COM DEV will develop a high-performance direct modulator for advanced flexible and processed payloads combining COM DEV's strong digital and analog space heritage with a new self-calibration technology developed by Canada's Communications Research Centre (CRC). This project will significantly enhance COM DEV's ability to provide competitive solutions to on-board signal processors in a higher integration level to future advanced satellite payloads, including multimedia communications satellites and satellite clusters.
Value: $375,976
Contact: Savio Choi
E-mail: savio.choi@comdev.ca
COM DEV International Ltd., Cambridge, ON
Advanced Channel Optimization for Communication Spacecraft Phase II
COM DEV will enhance channel response beyond that of levels currently used in satellite communication transponders. The modified filter has the ability to improve the overall transponder performance in some applications, and increase the spectral band utilization and traffic capacity of satellites.
Value: $584,120
Contact: Alastair Malarky
E-mail: alastair.malarkey@comdev.ca
COM DEV International Ltd., Cambridge, ON
Beam Link Signal Processor Building Blocks
COM DEV will enhance the proprietary solid-state switch packaging, multi-layer printed circuit board, and power-bus interface technology used in its Beam*Link satellite signal processor product. This project will permit COM DEV to better align its current Beam*Link product with customers' evolving requirements by optimizing performance and reducing complexity, while enhancing design flexibility.
Value: $514,745
Contact: Sandy Eagle
E-mail: sandy.eagle@comdev.ca
COM DEV International Ltd., Cambridge, ON
Dual Detector Gas Correlation System
COM DEV will measure the performance of a dual detector gas correlation system to achieve the sensitivity required to detect carbon monoxide and methane gas from space. The system combines the use of extremely stable, highly linear infrared detector/electronics with dual detector gas correlation architecture.
Value: $300,000
Contact: Terry Girard
E-mail: Terry.girard@comdev.ca
Communications & Power Industries Canada, Georgetown, ON
Millimetre-Wave Extended Interaction Klystron for the European Global Precipitation Measurement Mission
CPI will design and build an Engineering Model Extended Interaction Klystron (EIK) and demonstrate its capability. This will result in a compact design of reduced weight, high reliability, and a reduction in development time. CPI's approach minimizes development cost and lead-time while mitigating technical and program risk.
Value: $297,574
Contact: Dave Berry
E-mail: dave.berry@cmp.cpii.com
Communications & Power Industries Canada, Georgetown, ON
Improved Efficiency of Ka-Band SatCom Amplifiers
CPI will raise extended interaction klystron (EIK) efficiency by 20% using two complementary technology improvements that are concurrent but separate activities. The first is to develop a multi-stage depressed collector for the Ka-band EIK. The second is to improve the radio frequency circuit-to-electron beam interaction efficiency for the Ka-band EIK.
Value: $400,000
Contact: Dave Berry
E-mail: dave.berry@cmp.cpii.com
EION, Ottawa, ON
IPOSAT System: IP Over Satellite Traffic Engineering System for Multimedia Services
EION will develop and demonstrate a technology to fully control internet protocol (IP) traffic over satellite. This is key to enabling multimedia and emergency services in remote communities. Network operations centres controlled by ground stations can use it to provide quality-of-service based services, congestion management, provisioning, dimensioning, and overload control of IP traffic.
Value: $593,748
Contact: Dr. Kalai Kalaichelvan
E-mail: kalai@eion.com
Electric Vehicle Controllers Ltd., Val Caron, ON
Sample Acquisition and Drill Cuttings System in Support of a Class N or M Subsurface Sampling Drill
EVC, in collaboration with NORCAT, will develop a system to drill and acquire samples over one metre below a planet's surface. They will demonstrate leading-edge technologies and methods for planetary exploration that have immediate applications in the mineral exploration and hydrogeology fields. The technology will also advance critical planetary mining and excavation technologies supporting NASA's vision and strategy on space exploration.
Value: $432,602
Contact: Jim Richard
E-mail: jrichard@norcat.org
Electrovaya, Mississauga, ON
Development of Facility and Infrastructure for Aerospace Qualified Battery System
By advancing its lithium ion SuperPolymer (LiSP) technology, Electrovaya will develop an innovative rechargeable battery system that has the highest energy density currently available and meets other criteria for space power. The company will design and build fabrication facilities and infrastructure for aerospace products. These activities will enhance the capacity of Canadian industry to support space programs in Canada and abroad.
Value: $484,274
Contact: Sankar Das Gupta
E-mail: sdasgupta@electrovaya.com
EMS SATCOM, Ottawa, ON
Medium-Earth-Orbit Local User Terminal (MEOLUT)
EMS will create improved processing algorithms for ground stations and implement them. This will prove that moving Cospas-Sarsat to mid-Earth-orbit constellations will provide near-instantaneous position information and more accurate detection capabilities for civil search and rescue. With these improvements, more lives can be saved by the Cospas-Sarsat system.
Value: $960,340
Contact: Steve Edgett
E-mail: Edgett.s@emstechnologies.ca
EMS SATCOM, Ottawa, ON
Hardware Development for the MEO Search and Rescue DBF Array
EMS will develop a prototype digital beam-forming sub-array for use in medium-Earth orbit (MEO) search and rescue local user terminals. With a highly sophisticated, compact, single-antenna Earth station that can process all medium- and lower-Earth orbit search and rescue returns, there is the ability to provide nearly instant position reports from all beacons, overcoming current delays.
Value: $149,859
Contact: Peter C. Strickland
E-mail: Strickland.p@emstechnologies.ca
Flywheel Energy Systems Inc., Ottawa, ON
MK5 Flywheel Rotor Accelerated Life Testing
The company will evaluate the effects of cyclic fatigue and accumulated damage on a scaled flywheel rotor to demonstrate rotor structural integrity and safety. A number of issues will be addressed: composite abrasion, composite surface fragments, hub stress, radial transverse stress, and surface treatment to prevent titanium fretting.
Value: $150,000
Contact: Dean Flanagan
E-mail: Fesi@magma.ca
GlobalWave Products & Services, Ottawa, ON
MT3000 Telematics Terminal Development
Global Wave will develop an exciting next generation of telematics mobile satellite terminal, the MT3000. As a two-way satcom terminal, it will offer enhanced features and functionality with very low power consumption for tracking and monitoring applications.
Value: $1,000,000
Contact: Dr. Dave Roscoe
E-mail: David.Roscoe@Transcore.com
MDA, Brampton, ON
VISION 3-D
MDA will develop a vision system for three-dimensional imaging of space structures with applications in creating photo-realistic models, pose estimation, collision avoidance, and detection of unexpected objects in the workspace.
Value: $300,000
Contact: David Parry
E-mail: dparry@mdrobotics.ca
Optech Incorporated, Toronto, ON
Laser Development for Planetary Exploration, Earth Observation and Next-Generation Space Servicing Missions
Optech will develop and build a breadboard for a compact, lightweight, low-power, laser system to be used within different lidar systems for various space applications. These may include autonomous orbital proximity operations, spacecraft rendezvous and docking manoeuvres, and lunar and planetary landing operations.
Value: $500,000
Contact: Robert D. Richards
E-mail: rdr@optech.ca
Routes Astro Engineering, Ottawa, ON
Microsatellite Mission with a Microbolometer Detector Payload
Routes Astro Englineering will perform a mission definition study for the integration of a new, uncooled thermal imaging detector payload into a microsatellite bus. By eliminating the cooled detector technology, there is a decrease in size, weight, and power consumption-desirable, especially, with the move towards micro- and nanosatellites.
Value: $148,585
Contact: Dr. William Forbes Payne
E-mail: t_payne@routes.com
SkyWave Mobile Communications Inc., Ottawa, ON
Enhanced Global Mobile Satellite Data Communications Service
SkyWave Mobile Communications will develop an improved and lower cost global mobile satellite communication service for improved data rates, message acknowledgement, messaging protocols, and other efficiencies.
Value: $1,000,000
Contact: Doug Reveler
E-mail: doug.reveler@skywavemobile.com
Square Peg Communications Inc., Ottawa, ON
Development of Channel Unit Subsystem with Support for Multi-User Detection
Square Peg Communications will develop a new satellite base-station hardware and software platform. This will benefit satellite operators and service providers by supporting the increasingly sophisticated signal processing required to maximize efficiency of the satellite channel. It will also reduce the cost and size of applications where signal processing is less intensive.
Value: $534,019
Contact: Michael Gertsman
E-mail: gertsman@squarepeg.ca
Telesat Canada, Ottawa, ON
Advanced DVB-RCS Network for Government and Enterprise Services
Telesat Canada, in association with EMS Technologies Inc., will develop a next generation DVB-RCS system (digital video broadcasting for return channel via satellite), and validate and demonstrate the improved performance from adaptive modulation and coding on both the forward and return links.
Value: $1,000,000
Contact: Victor Gooding
E-mail: v.gooding@telesat.ca
Telesat Canada, Ottawa, ON
SpaceMux Applications Testing and Demonstration
Telesat will achieve three objectives. First it will test and demonstrate the SpaceMux processor in an operational environment. Second, it will test and demonstrate selected multimedia applications, while determining those that would best benefit from on-board processing (OBP) payloads like SpaceMux, and identifying market needs. Third, it will determine the features of an OBP that optimizes commercial viability.
Value: $500,000
Contact: Abdul Lakhani
E-mail: a.lakhani@telesat.ca
Thomson Nielsen Electronics, Ottawa, ON
Flight Demonstration of Radiation Environment Monitors on a SpaceQuest Nanosatellite
Thomas Nielsen Electronics will develop two types of spacecraft radiation monitor to fly in low-Earth orbit on a nanosatellite built by SpaceQuest. The data from the radiation monitors will be analyzed to demonstrate that the technology is effective and can be applied to a number of future spacecraft projects.
Value: $391,171
Contact: Ian Thomson
E-mail: ithomson@thomson-elec.com
QUEBEC
ABB Bomem, Québec, QC
Compact Interferometer Module
ABB will develop a compact, lightweight interferometer module with low power consumption and good signal-to-noise ratio that maintains spectral and radiometric stability. This mini-interferometer will be part of an imaging spectrometer that could be used for monitoring greenhouse gases, for detecting toxic gases in the atmosphere, or for geological analysis in a Mars exploration mission.
Value: $500,000
Contact: Jacques Giroux
E-mail: jacques.g.giroux@ca.abb.com
DiCOS Technologies Inc., Montréal, QC
Frequency-stabilized Laser System for Space Applications
DiCOS will design and build a 1550-nm, frequency-stabilized, distributed feedback (DFB) laser for space-borne interferometers. The company will also perform the space qualification testing of its opto-mechanical module. This semiconductor laser technology has advantages over existing technology. It is more reliable and has a longer lifetime, and has improved frequency accuracy and stability.
Value: $282,000
Contact: Christine Simard
E-mail: csimard@dicostech.com
EMS Technologies, Montréal, QC
Network Management and Higher Layer Functionality for Government and Global Enterprise Services
EMS will develop a powerful Network Management System (NMS) for their next-generation broadband-over-satellite DBV-RCS network. The system will support the "shared hub" concept, allowing multiple service providers to control and have secure access to their bandwidth and client base. The management system will be compatible with current and next-generation EMS systems.
Value: $1,000,000
Contact: Stephane Germain
E-mail: germain.s@emssatnet.com
EMS Technologies, Montréal, QC
SPACEMUX II On-board Processor (OBP)
For the SpaceMux II OBP, EMS will identify the key requirements to be supported, the top-level architecture definition and requirements, and the architecture and performance requirements of some of its major sub-systems.
Value: $564,115
Contact: Graeme Maag
E-mail: maag.g@ems-t.ca
EMS Technologies, Montréal, QC
Adaptable, Highly Directive Spot Beam Antennas
EMS will respond to new market demands by developing a low-cost satellite antenna capable of generating reconfigurable beam coverage over different frequency bands. This flexibility will allow for satellite payloads that can adapt to changing traffic requirements and use spacecraft resources more efficiently.
Value: $735,000
Contact: Graeme Maag
E-mail: maag.g@ems-t.ca
EMS Technologies, Montréal, QC
Solid State Power Amplifier Electronic Power Conditioner Family
With this project, EMS will offer an improved, competitive, space-qualified DC/DC converter product to the international market at a low development cost and low lot charge.
Value: $1,000,000
Contact: Graeme Maag
E-mail: maag.g@ems-t.ca
EMS Technologies, Montréal, QC
Atmospheric Neutral Particle Detector for Near Earth and Planetary Missions
EMS will advance the design of an atmospheric neutral analyzer (ANA), a new imaging analyzer for in-situ measurements of neutrals and ions in the upper atmosphere. The goal will be to better understand the ionosphere-thermosphere system. The analyzer could become part of a Canadian contribution to the International Living With a Star (ILWS) Program.
Value: $180,333
Contact: Graeme Maag
E-mail: maag.g@ems-t.ca
EMS Technologies, Montréal, QC
Enhanced Space Processor Engineering Model Board Development
EMS will produce and test the engineering model of the ESP032 enhanced space processor board. The result will be a processor which can be used in many applications-some requiring high availability in a harsh environment, some requiring medium computer power, and some for micro- and small satellite applications, where weight and power are critical.
Value: $499,951
Contact: Graeme Maag
E-mail: maag.g@ems-t.ca
GlobVision Inc., Montréal, QC
Software Environment for a Constellation of Satellites
GlobVision will develop, to the proof-of-concept stage, autonomous and distributed algorithms for a formation flight of a constellation/cluster of micro- and small satellites. Prototype software development toolkits will be created that allow coordinated formation-keeping, reconfiguration, collaboration, mission planning, scheduling, and manoeuvring tasks for this complex system.
Value: $150,000
Contact: Armineh Garabedian
E-mail: agarabedian@globvision.com
MAYA Heat Transfer Tech. Ltd., Montréal, QC
System for Coupled Thermal-Structural Analysis of Spacecraft
MAYA will develop a comprehensive, state-of-the-art software system for performing coupled thermal-structural analysis of spacecraft components. The easy-to-use software system will define interaction mechanisms, minimize computation time, and accommodate a wide range of multi-physics problems.
Value: $498,499
Contact: François Lamarre
E-mail: francois.lamarre@mayahtt.com
MAYA Heat Transfer Tech. Ltd., Montréal, QC
Software for Geometric Features and Tolerances Based Precision Spacecraft Inspection and Assembly Using Laser Trackers
MAYA will incorporate in its Build!IT metrology software, the ability to measure, verify, analyze and diagnose dimensional integrity of spacecraft components and complex assemblies throughout the manufacturing, assembly and pre-flight configuration procedures.
Value: $461,088
Contact: Arnold Free
E-mail: arnold.free@mayahtt.com
MPB Communications Inc., Montréal, QC
Multifunctional System Enabling Self-Healing of Spacecraft for the Mitigation of Damage from Space Debris
MPB Communications will consider new technologies that could enable the self-repair of spacecraft damaged in the space environment. The self-healing mechanism and materials could be a revolutionary solution for the repair of cracks and holes in spacecraft. MPB, working with partners at Concordia University, will propose a technology demonstrator.
Value: $150,000
Contact: Wes Jamroz
E-mail: wes.jamroz@mpbc.ca
MPB Communications Inc., Montréal, QC
Micro Earth Observation Satellite (MEOS) Using Integrated-Optic Miniaturization Technology for Infrared Spectrometers
MPB Communications will work with leading Canadian scientists to develop a mission concept for an innovative low-cost, low-Earth-orbit microsatellite platform and the corresponding high-performance miniature payload. The mission would exploit the near-infrared spectrum to study aerosols and their influence on cloud formation, and derive the first global maps of the concentrations of aerosols and major greenhouse gases such as CO2, CH4, N2O, CO, and H2O.
Value: $150,000
Contact: Roman Kruzelecky
E-mail: Roman.kruzelecky@mpbc.ca
TeraXion Inc., Québec, QC
All Solid-State Synthetic Gas Cell for Infrared Correlation Spectroscopy
TeraXion will design and build a digital diffractive optical element (DDOE) that can generate the synthetic spectra of a gas. The product, if successful, will allow a proof-of-concept demonstration for a new modulated reference cell for infrared correlation spectroscopy applications. Environmental monitoring and prediction applications will be supported by this new technology.
Value: $150,000
Contact: Ghislain Lafrance
E-mail: glafrance@teraxion.com
Xiphos Technologies Inc., Montréal, QC
Broadband Satellite Network Optimization
XTI will develop an optimized communications system incorporating the SCPS-TP standard, advanced compression and web-browsing acceleration for the next generation of truly broadband satellite networks. The system will improve space-based communications with more advanced compression technology, better remote management capabilities, increased processing efficiency, and minimized resource utilization.
Value: $507,570
Contact: Eric Edwards
E-mail: ece@xiphos.ca
Xiphos Technologies Inc., Montréal, QC
LogicShield: Logic Enhancements for Software Fault Tolerance
XTI's LogicShield project will accelerate the adoption of new, powerful microprocessors for the space environment, by providing them with key protective measures necessary for space flight. Programmable logic will be used to create a "wrapper" around the entire act of executing software, providing software fault-tolerance services to unmodified commercial (COTS) processors and unmodified, pre-compiled code.
Value: $150,000
Contact: Eric Edwards
E-mail: ece@xiphos.ca
SASKATCHEWAN
SED Systems Inc., Saskatoon, SK
DVB-S2 Modulator Technology
SED Systems will develop a new generation of modulator technology. They will implement the DVB-S2 (second generation of the digital video broadcasting standard) modulator, including variable and adaptive coding and modulation in a multi-stream environment.
Value: $709,388
Contact: Seann Hamer
E-mail: hamer@sedsystems.ca
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