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Gravity-enhanced Covert Submarine Navigation

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N68335-14-C-0232
Agency Tracking Number: N141-081-0872
Amount: $79,335.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N141-081
Solicitation Number: 2014.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2014
Award Year: 2014
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2014-05-23
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2014-11-24
Small Business Information
CA
Sunnyvale, CA 94085-2909
United States
DUNS: 162344035
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Miroslav Shverdin
 Principal Physicist
 (408) 735-9500
 mshverdin@aosense.com
Business Contact
 Michael Geltz
Title: Controller
Phone: (408) 735-9500
Email: mgeltz@aosense.com
Research Institution
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Abstract

We propose a novel navigation paradigm that utilizes an arrangement of multiple gradiometers for covert submarine navigation. Our proposed Phase I research will analyze the feasibility and benefits of the proposed navigation technique and develop quantitative models to simulate submarine navigation under various representative CONOPs. In addition, we will develop a detailed design for a compact, highly accurate, cold-atom gravity gradiometer. We will configure a gravity gradiometers based on cold-atom interferometry in a highly robust, simple-to-operate, fieldable, and comparatively low-cost package. If successful, we plan to build and test the designed gravity gradiometer in Phase II of this SBIR.

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