NON-ACOUSTIC SENSOR AND GUIDANCE FOR UNDERWATER VEHICLE

IN THIS PHASE I, SBIR PROGRAM, THE RTA CORPORATION WILL ADAPT A PROPRIETARY, EXISTING "ACTIVE MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR (AMFS)" TECHNOLOGY TO THE PROBLEM OF SENSING, GUIDANCE AND CONTROL OF SMALL, HIGH-SPEED, UNDERWATER VEHICLES. RTA WILL MODIFY OUR PRESENT AMFS DESIGN, TO INCORPORATE AN ADDITIONAL SENSOR HEAD, APPLY SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES TO PERFORM BACKGROUND NOISE CANCELLATION, AND ADDRESS THE POTENTIAL PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS OF AN OPERATIONAL PROTOTYPE AMFS. DURING PHASE I, A SINGLE AMFS SENSOR WILL BE FIELD TESTED, AND THE TANDEM (TWO SENSOR) CONFIGURATION WILL BE FABRICATED FOR EXPLOITATION DURING PHASE II. THE AMFS TECHNOLOGY WILL BE TAILORED FOR ONE OR MORE NAVSEA PLATFORMS.