SBIR/STTR Research Award
Absolute Localization in GPS-denied Environment for Autonomous Unmanned Ground and Micro-air Vehicle Systems
Award amount
$746,483Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2013Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- POLARIS SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2013-09-17
- Contract end date
- 2015-12-04
- UEI
- QLWWT11B15B3
- Solicitation number
- 2012.1
- Topic code
- N121-101
Research abstract
Polaris proposes to develop necessary hardware and algorithms for a Sky Polarization and Sun Sensor (SkyPass) in order to replace absolute localization information provided by Global Positioning System (GPS) for when GPS fails in a typical navigation solution. Additionally, this proposal includes an polarization-based approach to improve feature extraction and association processes for use in navigational algorithms like optical flow and map registration, called POLarimetric Imaging for Mapping And Perception (PolMAP). These combined approaches utilize the polarization component of light and use novel methods to apply this sensing method for navigational purposes. The proposed Phase II will results in a SkyPass prototype with resulting software/algorithms and experimental algorithms and analysis for PolMAP. We estimate that both SkyPass and PolMAP could be implemented on autonomus unmanned ground vehicles (AUGV) without increasing cost or SWAP substantially.
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.
- Large Aperture Testing for Electro Optic Seekers
- Infrared Window Aerothermal Response Model for Hardware-in-the-Loop
- On Demand Polarimetric Upgrade Kit demonstrated with a SWIR/MWIR SWARMS optical tracking camera
- Infrared Imaging Sensor Payload for High-Speed Flight Environments
- SkyPASS Next-Gen Single Aperture Day/Night Compass with Sky Polarization and Star Tracking
Awards with the same topic code
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- Absolute Localization in GPS-denied Environment for Autonomous Unmanned Ground and Micro-air Vehicle Systems
- Absolute Localization in GPS-denied Environment for Autonomous Unmanned Ground and Micro-air Vehicle Systems
- Technology Enhancement for Robust and Reliable Absolute Navigation (TERRANav)
- On-board navigation for small MAVs in ship-borne environments
- Absolute Localization in GPS-denied Environment for Autonomous Unmanned Ground and Micro-air Vehicle Systems
Research funding history
131 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2025). Reported award amounts total $76,407,877. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Commerce