SBIR/STTR Research Award
Polaris - A Software-Defined Navigation System for GPS-challenged Environments
Award amount
$1,431,227Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2016Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- VESPERIX CORP
- Proposal award date
- 2016-03-16
- Contract end date
- 2016-03-20
- UEI
- C823M4R4SET6
- Solicitation number
- 2015.3
- Topic code
- AF153-002
Research abstract
ABSTRACT:This direct-to-Phase II SBIR proposal by the team of Vesperix, Leidos, and Expedition Technology is for the development and demonstration of the Polaris software-defined navigation system, a combination of a modular hardware platform specifically designed for dismount navigation, and the flexible, efficient Leidos Agile Data-fusion Engine for Plug-and-Play Technology (ADEPT) navigation engine, developed and proven in dismount testing under the DARPA All Source Positioning and Navigation (ASPN) program, and enhanced for this effort with collaborative navigation capability. This combination will not only meet the desired Phase III performance targets for accuracy, weight, and operating lifetime at the end of Phase II, it will also provide a solid foundation for further development and enhancementBENEFIT:Improved ability of US forces to operate in GPS-challenged environments; possiblity of production transition under the Assured PNT program element.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Extensible SAR and Satellite Navigation for GNSS-Denied Platforms
- High Precision Bandwidth-Efficient Navigation
- High Precision GSM-Compatible Ranging
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Handheld Dismount Kit for Persistent, Precision Navigation in GPS-challenged Environments for Military Operations
- Handheld Dismount Kit for Persistent, Precision Navigation in GPS-challenged Environments for Military Operations
- Handheld Dismount Kit for Persistent, Precision Navigation in GPS-challenged Environments for Military Operations
Research funding history
4 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2013–2022). Reported award amounts total $3,749,847. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II – Direct to Phase II, Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Defense