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Improved Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW) Sonobuoy Location Technique in a Denied Global Positioning System (GPS) Environment

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N68335-10-C-0360
Agency Tracking Number: N101-025-0780
Amount: $80,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N101-025
Solicitation Number: 2010.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2010
Award Year: 2010
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2010-05-03
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2010-11-03
Small Business Information
15400 Calhoun Drive Suite 400
Rockville, MD 20855
United States
DUNS: 161911532
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: Yes
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Chujen Lin
 Vice President, Research
 (301) 294-5236
 chujen@i-a-i.com
Business Contact
 Mark James
Title: Dir. Contract & Proposal
Phone: (301) 294-5221
Email: mjames@i-a-i.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Sonobuoy constitutes a key sensory component in modern anti-submarine warfare (ASW) by performing crucial tasks such as reconnaissance under water using sonar. In order to obtain accurate information about the location of possible submarines, it is necessary to know the position of these sonobuoys at all times. However, in GPS-denied situations, alternate methods are necessary to localize the sonobuoys for extended periods of time on the scale of 8-12 hrs at a stretch. As TDOA/AOA based approaches provide fairly large positioning error, IAI propose to investigate RF ranging techniques for sonobuoy positioning system in conjunction with buoy drift model analysis.

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