KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - U.S. Air Force researchers needed a communications system with two-way time transfer operating within W- and V-bands with free-space optical links. They found their solution from ATA Applied Technology Associates in Albuquerque, N.M. Officials of the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., have announced a $16.9 million contract to ATA (also-known as A-Tech Corp.) to develop a communication system with two-way time transfer operating within W- and V-bands and incorporating free space optical links. This contract is part of the Air Force Space Technology Advanced Research (STAR) project to develop enabling technologies for space flight, on-or-bit servicing, debris management, controlled reentry, ground systems, communications links, command and control, advanced spacecraft manufacturing technologies, and space system user equipment.
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