NASA Research Announcement: V-Band

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Summary from the notice

NASA/Glenn Research Center (GRC) is hereby soliciting information from potential sources for demonstrating, in space, V-band spectra cross-links among multiple satellites operating in a configuration sufficient to demonstrate multi-path routing (i.e., at least three nodes, mesh network), at data rates representative of the needs of NASA science and Earth remote sensing missions. Interested parties shall submit capabilities statements which address their ability to: Demonstrate dynamic routing across the mesh network. Demonstrate delivery of representative mission data volumes across the mesh network. Characterize the achievable performance of the demonstrated architecture, including data throughput, end-to-end latency, link availability, and acquisition and tracking performance, and identify the factors that constrain that performance. Validate technical performance, interoperability, reliability, and cybersecurity through analysis, ground demonstrations, and flight demonstration(s). Assess the scalability and extensibility of the demonstrated architecture. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) GRC is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including all socioeconomic categories of Small Businesses (SB) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions (MI) for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for V-band Cross-Link Mesh Network. Vendors …