SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Antenna Advanced Inertial Reference for Enhanced Sensors (ANTARES)
- Notice Date
- 4/11/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL - Wright Research Site, Det 1 AFRL/PK Bldg 167, Area B, 2310 8th Street, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 45433-7801
- ZIP Code
- 45433-7801
- Solicitation Number
- BAA-03-06-SNK
- Archive Date
- 6/11/2003
- Point of Contact
- William Stewart, Contract Negotiator, Phone (937) 255-0510, Fax (937) 255-8100, - Sharma Wilkins, Contract Officer/Negotiator, Phone (937) 255-4279, Fax (937) 656-9074,
- E-Mail Address
-
William.Stewart@wpafb.af.mil, Sharma.Wilkins@wpafb.af.mil
- Description
- Air Force Research Laboratory, Sensors Directorate, Radio Frequency Technology Division, Reference Sensors & Receiver Applications Branch (AFRL/SNRP) solicits research proposals for the Antenna Advanced Inertial Reference for Enhanced Sensors (ANTARES) Program. AFRL/SNRP intends to develop and test techniques that use data from inertial sensors or inertial measurement units (IMU?s) embedded in radio frequency (RF) apertures for motion compensation to improve the performance of two types of military aerospace vehicle sensor systems: (a) Ultra-Tightly Coupled (UTC) Global Positioning System (GPS)/Inertial Navigation Systems (INS?s); and (b) precision Electronic Support Measures (ESM) emitter detection and location systems. System design, development, simulation, laboratory testing, and ground vehicle testing work will demonstrate and evaluate benefits of integrated inertial sensor and IMU antenna concepts for future active/passive sensing systems on aerospace vehicles, including cost-effective, feasible, and reliable techniques that enable increased navigation accuracy and jam resistance for UTC GPS/INS systems, and more accurate and timely location of emitters for ESM systems. This is a multi-phase program, with one or more awards expected. In the 12-month Phase-I, contractor(s) will perform requirements analyses, develop preliminary ANTARES design(s), perform simulations and analyses, and perform laboratory tests on critical design components. In the 24-month Phase-IIA, contractor(s) will complete the design of and build, test, and evaluate Brassboard Technology Demonstrator(s) (BBTD(s)) of their ANTARES UTC GPS-INS system design(s) using contractor-laboratory-testing and contractor-manned-testing with government-furnished van test facilities. In the parallel 24-month Phase-IIB, the contractor(s) will complete the design of and build, test, and evaluate BBTD(s) of their ANTARES embedded IMU/antenna ESM system design(s) using contractor-laboratory-testing and contractor-manned testing with government-furnished van test facilities.
- Record
- SN00301795-W 20030413/030411213541 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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