Remote Access Flight Test (RAFT) Smart Product Model (SPM) and Demonstration

Not Available The objective of this SBIR Phase I project is to design, fabricate, and evaluate a low cost, low size and weight navigator. This navigator utilizes state-of-the-art multiple microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) sensors and optimal filtering technology to achieve high precision navigation accuracy. Recently, a great deal of advancement has been obtained in manufacturing processes that allow the monolithic integration of MEMS sensors with driving, controlling, and signal processing electronics. This integration promises to improve the performance of micromechanical devices as well as reduce the cost of manufacturing and packaging. Several innovative technical approaches are proposed in this Phase I project for the design and fabrication of the multiple MEMS sensors navigator. These approaches are: modeling and high fidelity simulation of the MEMS sensors, electronic filter design, sensor configuration and sensor optimal estimation, and using zero-velocity updating to enhance navigation accuracy. This high precision, new concept design navigator will find big commercial applications in marine navigation, automotive navigation, pleasure, and military sectors.