| Sol No.: |
Navy SBIR FY2010.1 |
| Topic No.: |
N101-014 |
| Topic Title: |
High Gain Array of Velocity Sensors |
| Proposal No.: |
N101-014-0484 |
| Firm: |
Applied Physical Sciences Corp.
475 Bridge Street
Suite 100
Groton, Connecticut 06340 |
| Contact: |
James McConnell |
| Phone: |
(860) 448-3253 |
| Web Site: |
www.aphysci.com |
| Abstract: |
Applied Physical Sciences as the prime contractor and Undersea Sensor Systems, Inc. as the subcontractor propose an innovative approach to develop an air-deployed sonobuoy system having an array gain of at least 24 dB. The approach involves an array of subminiature vector sensors coupled to sophisticated in-buoy signal processing algorithms designed to provide the requisite data compression so that the bandwidth of the telemetry up-link is not compromised. The proposed effort comprises a series of analytical and numerical evaluations and trade studies that will culminate into a notional sonobuoy system at the end of the Phase I effort. |
| Benefits: |
The proposed innovation represents an order-of-magnitude improvement over the state-of-the-art in passive low frequency sonobuoy systems like the AN/SSQ-101 ADAR. |