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Head Steered Video for Unmanned Vehicles

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W56HZV-14-C-0117
Agency Tracking Number: A2-5606
Amount: $547,921.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A11-115
Solicitation Number: 2011.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2011
Award Year: 2014
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2014-06-30
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2016-06-30
Small Business Information
130A Knowles Dr.
Los Gatos, CA 95032
United States
DUNS: 000000000
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Michael Browne
 General Manager
 (408) 348-4426
 m.browne@saphotonics.com
Business Contact
 Andrea Singewald
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Phone: (970) 921-3401
Email: a.singewald@saphotonics.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

As IEDs increase in complexity and explosive strength, the Army needs a better way to do IED remediation and road repair to enable our convoys to bring troops and supplies to the battlefield. A primary method of dealing with IEDs in roadbeds is to use a bulldozer to remove (and detonate) the IED and then bring in an excavator to refill the roadbed so that convoys may resume. A heavy duty bulldozer is a formidable tool in removing IEDs; however the cab of the bulldozer is unprotected. By using armor and armored windows the occupant is better protected, but it is harder to see the roadbed and maintain situational awareness. In addition, the bulldozer driver is still vulnerable. Full armor plating of the cab is possible, but this leaves the operator with almost no useful view of the real world. SA Photonics has developed a high resolution, high performance head steered vision system that uses cameras placed on the host vehicle and a high resolution head mounted display. A head steered tracking system allows the user to feel like they are in the cab of the vehicle while remaining protected in a tank, fighting vehicle or armored personnel carrier.

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