High Speed Platform Navigation in GPS Denied Environments

Optical Physics Company (OPC) is proposing a GPS independent navigation solution for high speed airborne platforms. The technique uses OPC"s interferometric star tracker which has been shown to be accurate and sensitive enough to provide high accuracy fixes (latitude, longitude and altitude). During Phase I, OPC will complete the design of the complete navigation system and simulate multiple flight trajectories to obtain high fidelity performance estimates. The Phase I effort will conclude with a Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The Phase II goals are producing a CDR level design, building and testing it in the lab and in the field in support of a flight test at TRL 6.