SBIR/STTR Research Award
Novel Precision Fiber Optic Gyroscope
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- Los Gatos Research
- Proposal award date
- 2008-02-20
- Contract end date
- 2009-08-20
- UEI
- MYRGAPL7LDK6
- Solicitation number
- 2007.3
- Topic code
- MDA07-052
Research abstract
Gyroscopes are found in nearly every airplane, many cars, robots, missiles, and more. The reason for such broad, wide-spread use is simple: gyroscopes are excellent tools for determining rotation, and can be quite sensitive. Fiber-optic gyroscopes, though light weight and robust, have not been able to match the performance of ring-laser gyroscopes. To provide a solution, Los Gatos Research has developed a novel approach to gyroscope design that is based on fiber optics and lasers, but avoids many of the disadvantages of standard fiber-optic gyroscopes, providing dramatically increased-sensitivity.
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.
- Triple Isotope Water Analyzer for Extraplanetary Studies
- Ultrasensitive Analyzer for Real-time, In-Situ Airborne and Terrestrial Measurements of OCS, CO2, and CO
- Laser-Based Sensor for Nitrate Isotope Analysis in Water Pollution Monitoring
- Site-Specific Nitrous Oxide Isotope Analyzer for Measuring Bioremediation
- Dramatic Improvements to the Doubly Labeled Water Technique by Measurement of 17O
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Novel Precision Fiber Optic Gyroscope
- Fiber Optic Gyro (FOG) Performance Improvement
- High Performance Resonator Fiber Optic Gyro Made of Air Core Fiber
- Fiber Optic Gyro Performance Improvement
- Fiber Optic Gyro (FOG) Performance Improvement
Research funding history
160 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1994–2013). Reported award amounts total $47,120,524. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Agriculture