Development of Passive, Real-time, 3-D/4-D Imaging for Intelligence and Surveillance

The U.S. Army seeks to advance the state-of-the-art in geospatial terrain capture by encouraging development of high-definition 3D/4D imaging systems that are passive and low SWaP. The imaging systems are needed to support ground persistent ISR in austere environments, where power consumption must be minimized and likelihood of detection must be negligible. Photon-X proposes to build such a system based on spatial phase imaging (SPI) and simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) technologies. All of the requirements set forth in solicitation A14 089 (the Solicitation) can be satisfied by the SPI+SLAM approach (Approach). Phase I, the subject of the present proposal, focuses on describing optimal methods, assessing the technical feasibility and demonstrating key aspects the Approach. Phase II focuses on developing and validating a final system design, producing and testing a prototype and demonstrating a full implementation of the system. Phase III incorporates industry requirements into the design and proceeds to full-scale commercial implementation.