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Vector Sensor Array for Torpedo Defense

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N00014-07-C-0190
Agency Tracking Number: N054-030-0190
Amount: $492,655.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: N05-T030
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2005
Award Year: 2007
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2007-04-02
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2008-10-02
Small Business Information
13135 Lee Jackson Hwy Suite 330
Fairfax, VA 22033
United States
DUNS: 140785929
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Joseph Murray
 Principal
 (919) 562-5333
 joseph.murray@3phoenix.com
Business Contact
 Joseph Liverman
Title: Principal
Phone: (703) 956-6480
Email: andy.liverman@3phoenix.com
Research Institution
 GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
 David Trivett
 
801 Ferst Drive
Atlanta, GA 30332
United States

 (404) 385-1870
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

For successful surveillance applications, targets must be detected, classified and accurately localized. Unambiguous localization is important for successful situational awareness and critical for ship protection. The Navy has a requirement for a single reelable line array of directional sensors to provide unambiguous bearings. In our Phase I effort, we developed a basic vector sensor design, predicted the sensor performance and estimated the costs associated with the design. Under our Phase II, the technology developed under Phase I will be applied to an Augmented Reliable Acoustic Path (ARAP) sensor. The ARAP acoustic sensor array is part of a deep ocean acoustic surveillance system. Under the Phase II effort, the sensor design and electronic design from Phase I will be extended to the ARAP sensor. This includes development of a prototype microchip laser sensor to assess the viability of this sensor as a foundation for vector sensors designed to instantaneously measure pressure gradients. These physically small sensors will require miniaturized electronics to digitize and telemeter the acoustic measurements. This effort is comprised of tasks to be executed by 3 Phoenix and Professor David Trivett's group at Georgia Institute of Technology Department of Mechanical Engineering (GTME).

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