SBIR/STTR Research Award
Cold Atom Interferometric Inertial Measurement Unit
Award amount
$149,441Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2012Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- AOSENSE, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2012-05-29
- Contract end date
- 2014-01-18
- UEI
- C185QEUVTTM6
- Solicitation number
- 2012.1
- Topic code
- N121-050
Research abstract
AOSense proposes an atom interferometer based inertial measurement unit that is capable of meeting the navigational requirements of surface ships and submarines. Real-world applications require extensive optimization of various interferometer design choices in order to deal with platform dynamics. Our sensor design will also take into account practical implementation such as minimal maintenance, reduced cost, and simplified manufacturing. Our custom parts that have become standard in AOSense sensors will be used to speed demonstration and refinement. These include control electronics, a Doppler cooled atom source, laser hardware and numerous opto-mechanical parts.
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.
- Advanced Narrow-linewidth Tunable Laser for Rydberg Sensors (ANTLRS)
- Advanced Laser-Pumped Atomic Clock Architecture (ALPACA)
- QuAIS phase II
- Robust Atom Interferometry Laser System (RAILS)
- Low-Power Microwave Oscillator (LMO)
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
Research funding history
59 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2006–2025). Reported award amounts total $30,653,327. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Homeland Security, National Science Foundation