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MEMS-Based North-Orienting System

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W15QKN-13-C-0040
Agency Tracking Number: A2-5057
Amount: $999,978.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A11-085
Solicitation Number: 2011.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2011
Award Year: 2013
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2013-06-21
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2015-05-30
Small Business Information
P.O. Box 71
Hanover, NH -
United States
DUNS: 072021041
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Paul Sorensen
 Principal Investigator
 (603) 643-3800
 phs@creare.com
Business Contact
 James Barry
Title: President
Phone: (603) 643-3800
Email: contractsmgr@creare.com
Research Institution
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Abstract

The Army uses Unattended Ground Sensors (UGS) for the location and tracking of enemy soldiers and vehicles. The sensors can often determine range and relative bearing to the signal source, but without knowing its own orientation, these data cannot be converted to the geo location and ground track of the source. There is therefore a need for a sensor to determine the UGS azimuth, roll, and pitch relative to an earth-referenced frame. Creare proposes to complete the development, fabrication, and testing of a novel, high performance, MEMS gyrocompass based on the most accurate MEMS rate gyroscopes currently available. The compass will provide azimuth, roll, and pitch with much better than 2 degrees of accuracy in a ruggedized package capable of withstanding the harsh environment in the field. The sensor will be low-cost and consume little power. In Phase I we demonstrated that the key components of the compassthe precision rate gyro and high-accuracy inclinometerscan provide the accuracy and stability needed to meet the UGS pointing accuracy requirements. In Phase II, we will build a complete prototype MEMS gyrocompass and demonstrate its use for UGS applications.

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