Optical Physics Company — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: During the Navy sponsored Phase II project (SBIR Contract N00014-09-C-0479) Optical Physic

Optical Physics Company — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$493,741
Agency
Department of Defense · Navy
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase II
Solicitation
2008.1
NAICS
Place of performance
CA
Period
2013-01-03 → 2013-10-03

Description

During the Navy sponsored Phase II project (SBIR Contract N00014-09-C-0479) Optical Physics Company (OPC) built a miniaturized interferometric star tracker that operates in the near infrared region of the spectrum (MiST-IR). MIST-IR can detect the angular separation of stars very accurately. This accuracy enables MiST-IR to calculate a GPS independent celestial fix, i.e., latitude and longitude coordinates. The primary objective of this proposed Continuing Development (CD) project is to conduct high altitude ground testing of the key MiST-IR component.