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CROSS TRAC ENGINEERING, INC.
Doing business as CROSS TRAC ENGINEERING INC
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, 94040
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Prime contracting experience
2 records from government sources. Past participation is not evidence of current teaming interest.
| Role | Agency | Description | Vehicle | Obligated | Action date | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | THE GROWING INTEREST IN CUBESAT SWARM AND CONSTELLATION SYSTEMS BY NASA, THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND COMMERCIAL VENTURES HAS CREATED A NEED FOR SELF-MANAGED INTER-SATELLITE NETWORKS CAPABLE OF HANDLING LARGE AMOUNT OF DATA WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PRECISELY SYNCHRONIZING TIME AND MEASURING THE DISTANCES BETWEEN THE SPACECRAFT. CROSSTRAC ENGINEERING, INC., IN COOPERATION WITH OUR PARTNERS PROFESSOR KERRI CAHOY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MR. PAUL GRAVEN OF CATENI, INC., PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND RANGING SYSTEM WITH INHERENT PRECISION POINTING AS A 1U MODULE FOR 3U AND LARGER CUBESATS REQUIRING INTERSATELLITE CROSSLINKS. BASED ON TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED BY PROFESSOR CAHOY AND HER TEAM AT MIT, THE MODULE WILL ENABLE SMALL SATELLITES TO ACHIEVE THE SUB-MILLIRADIAN POINTING CONTROL OF THE OPTICAL BEAM NECESSARY TO CLOSE LASER CROSSLINKS AT RANGES FROM 200 KM TO 1000 KM WITH INPUT POWER OF LESS THAN 20 W AND DATA RATES OF 100 MBPS AND GREATER, ALL WITHIN A 10 CM X 10 CM X 10 CM (1U) VOLUME OR SMALLER. THE PROPOSED WORK IS DIRECTLY ALIGNED WITH THE STTR SOLICITATION T11.02 AND THE OBJECTIVES OF TECHNOLOGY AREA 5.1 OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION IN THE NASA 2015 TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP. OPTICAL CROSSLINKS ARE A KEY TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL ENABLE NEW MULTI-SPACECRAFT CUBESAT AND MICROSATELLITE MISSIONS. THESE MISSIONS INCLUDE LARGE CONSTELLATIONS FOR GLOBAL DATA DISTRIBUTION AND RAPID RESPONSE EARTH IMAGING AND ASSET TRACKING AS WELL AS SWARM MISSIONS THAT, AMONG OTHER TASKS, CAN BE FORMED INTO SPARSE APERTURE SYSTEMS PROVIDING UNPRECEDENTED IMAGE RESOLUTION. THESE SWARM MISSIONS REQUIRE PRECISE RELATIVE POSITION KNOWLEDGE AS WELL. THE OPTICAL TERMINAL BEING DEVELOPED UNDER THIS EFFORT WILL PROVIDE THIS SUB-MM LEVEL RELATIVE POSITION KNOWLEDGE. FURTHERMORE, THE FREE SPACE OPTICAL CROSSLINKS CAN BE USED TO MAKE ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND THERMOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS (E.G., VIA LASER OCCULTATION). | — | $1,074,886 | Jun 3, 2022 | Sep 20, 2018 – Jul 31, 2022 |
| Prime | National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration | OPTICAL INTERSATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS FOR CUBESAT SWARMS | — | $324,999 | Jun 1, 2022 | May 18, 2021 – May 17, 2022 |
Contract vehicles are shown only when present in the source record. Linked award numbers and vehicles open the authoritative record on USAspending.gov.
Subcontracting experience
1 record from government sources. Past participation is not evidence of current teaming interest.
| Role | Agency | Description | Vehicle | Obligated | Action date | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subcontractor | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | STATEMENT OF WORK: 1. PROVIDE GENERAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FOR THE CMD EFFORT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2. DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN INTEGRATED BASELINE SCHEDULE FOR CMD DEVELOPMENT AND FABRICATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND ITS SUBCONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS 3. PROVIDE A DRAFT THE CMD MANAGEMENT PLAN 4. PROVIDE A DRAFT THE CMD MISSION ASSURANCE PLAN 5. DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN A RISK LIST FOR THE CMD PROGRAM 6. SUPPORT WEEKLY AND MONTHLY CMD MEETINGS, AS SPECIFIED BY THE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR SUB00005314-01 Parent award context Parent award agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration · National Aeronautics and Space Administration Parent award NAICS: 336414 Parent award performance state: FL Parent award description: LASER INTERFEROMETER SPACE ANTENNA (LISA) CHARGE MANAGEMENT DEVICE (CMD). THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DESIGN, FABRICATE, ALIGN, TEST, VERIFY PER APPROVED PLAN AND DELIVER A TRL-6 TECHNOLOGY MATURATION BREADBOARD FOR THE LISA MISSION. View parent award on USAspending | — | $90,000 | Sep 11, 2026 | — – — |
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