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Deeply-Integrated GPS/INS Technology (DIGIT) for High Performance Navigation

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N68936-14-C-0004
Agency Tracking Number: N132-094-0331
Amount: $79,908.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N132-094
Solicitation Number: 2013.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2013
Award Year: 2014
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2013-11-06
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2014-05-03
Small Business Information
20 Burlington Mall Road
Burlington, MA -
United States
DUNS: 153869896
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Triveni Upadhyay
 President&CEO
 (781) 359-9500
 triveni@mayflowercom.com
Business Contact
 Bruce Warwick
Title: Controller&Director of
Phone: (781) 359-9500
Email: warwick@mayflowercom.com
Research Institution
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Abstract

The objective of this SBIR program is to design and develop high performance and jam-resistant GPS/INS navigation technologies with the goal of optimizing the size, weight and power (SWaP) of the system for use in air-dropped Precision Guided Munitions (PGMs) and small Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) operating in GPS challenged environments. A gun-hardened variant of DIGIT system can support NAVSEA gun-launched PGMs. The primary components of the proposed Mayflower DIGIT system encompasses a military SAASM GPS receiver, a MEMS IMU, both SWaP-optimized for PGM applications, and a software algorithm for Ultra-Tight Coupling (UTC) of GPS with IMU. The DIGIT system will, in its final form factor, be packaged in a 30 mm cylindrical form factor (less than 2 inches in height) with electrical/mechanical interfaces and specifications conforming to the Joint Common GPS (JC-GPS) Interface Control Document (ICD) and Specifications. In the Phase I Program, Mayflower will perform a detailed trade-off of various components of the DIGIT system, and develop preliminary design of the system. The performance of the DIGIT technology will be demonstrated on a prototype system in the Phase II program using the Mayflower NavAssure SAASM GPS receiver, a small MEMS IMU and an ultra-tightly coupled GPS/INS algorithm. Mayflower will repackage the DIGIT system in a 30 mm cylindrical form factor in a follow-on Phase III program.

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