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Fly Eye Sensor for Countering Rocket and Mortar/Missile Attacks

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N00014-04-M-0373
Agency Tracking Number: N042-903-0283
Amount: $99,998.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N04-903
Solicitation Number: 2004.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2004
Award Year: 2004
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2004-08-30
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2005-02-28
Small Business Information
Electro-Optics Holo Div 20600 Gramercy Pl Bldg 100
Torrance, CA 90501
United States
DUNS: 153865951
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Tin Aye
 Vice President, EOH Division
 (310) 320-3088
 sutama@poc.com
Business Contact
 Gordon Drew
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Phone: (310) 320-3088
Email: gdrew@poc.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

To address U.S. Marine Corps need to counter mortar, rocket, and missile attacks against U.S. forces, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new high-speed electro-optical sensor system based on the visual system of the fly. The proposed Sensor for Countering Rocket and Mortar/Missile (SCRAM) attacks uniquely combines a miniature staring multi-aperature compound eye (fly eye), with a low-cost smart vision sensor chip that consists of a compact miniature photodiode array and a neural-network processor. Initially SCRAM will perform high-speed moving-object detection and warning of the incoming projectiles over a wide (~180 degree) hemispherical field-of-view (FOV) without any moving part. SCRAM will also continuously track the location and direction of the projectile, showing the projectile's impact and launch points. The unique architecture results in a high-speed and high-performance system that ideally matches the stringent speed, robustness, size, weight, and power requirements of hostile environments. In Phase I, POC will design the SCRAM system to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach in a laboratory setting by means of a breadboard setup. In Phase II we will optimize the design and develop an engineering prototype to be demonstrated and performance evaluated in simulated encounters.

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