With over 70% of our employees having an MS or PhD in engineering or science, Emergent is well positioned to perform research and development for civil, military and commercial space organizations. Our company was founded to bring modern navigation, communication and information technology to the aerospace industry, making R&D one of our core capabilities.
Much of Emergent's R&D activity is funded through the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, a highly competitive program that encourages U.S. Small Businesses and Universities to perform R&D that meets federal needs and requirements and has the potential for commercialization. Since 2003, Emergent has won seventeen Phase 1 awards, successfully transitioning four of them to Phase 2. One, the Ground Enterprise Management System, is currently in Phase 3.
Our active Phase 1 contracts include:
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Time Series Prediction for Satellite Ballistic Coefficients: algorithms and software to empirically predict ballistic coefficients for more accurate prediction of satellite altitude decay
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TASS-Enabled Navigation System
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CoNNeCT Experiments
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Unique Mission Architectures Using Small Spacecraft
Our active Phase 2 and 3 contracts include:
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The Ground Enterprise Management System (GEMS): a situational awareness tool for spacecraft ground systems that is capable of monitoring SOA, Java Enterprise Edition (JEE), GMSEC, Advanced Multi-Mission Operations System (AMMOS), and message-oriented middleware (MOM)
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The Marine ASV Surveillance System (MARS): an in-situ sensor package and telemetry/command system for remotely monitoring launch zones from static and dynamic marine platforms
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Multi-purpose Radio Signal Generator (MRSiG): a software-defined radio (SDR)-based RF signal generator for use in navigation and communications systems development and test
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Enhanced Warfighter Tasking with a GMSEC-JMS Bridge Service: a software bridge for connecting spacecraft and payload operations centers whose ground systems are based on the GMSEC and SOA system architectures