Systems & Technology Research LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF173-011
Systems & Technology Research LLC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $149,709
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- AF173-011
- Solicitation
- 2017.3
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MA
- Period
- 2018-02-16 → 2019-02-16
Description
Maintaining accurate navigation in GPS-denied conditions is critical for the U.S. military.Making inter-platform measurements and sharing data between multiple cooperating platforms has the potential to significantly enhance navigation accuracy, mitigating the loss of GPS.System & Technology Research and West Virginia University are developing a novel software framework for such cooperative navigation.Our formulation is based on a decentralized pose graph, allowing us to rigorously combine all measurements, while using measurement pedigree data to ensure we are not double-counting information.Our program plan includes trade studies to design a system that achieves high accuracy while operating with limited processing power and memory footprint.In addition, we will develop a method for optimizing flight trajectories to improve navigation performance, using a Monte Carlo simulation with a forward time, highly efficient trajectory generator that accurately represents the flight kinematics.