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DIRECT OPTICAL VIEWING ELEMENT (DOVE)

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 12272
Amount: $545,635.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1991
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
2335 Alaska Ave
El Segundo, CA 90245
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Jeffrey Bluen
 (213) 643-5300
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE ELECTROMAGNETICALLY LEVITATED STABLE PLATFORM (ESP) EFFORT IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPACT AND FLEXIBLE TWO-AXES STABILIZED SENSOR PLATFORM FOR MANNED OBSERVATIONS OF THE EARTH OR SKY FROM SPACE UTILIZING AURA SYSTEMS' UNIQUE ELECTROMAGNETIC LEVITATION TECHNOLOGY. ESP REPRESENTS THE FIRST APPLICATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC LEVITATION TECHNOLOGY TO A STABILIZED PLATFORM SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR MANNED OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS. AS A RESULT OF THIS INNOVATIVE APPLICATION OF STATE-OF-ART TECHNOLOGY WHICH AURA SYSTEMS IS PIONEERING, THE STABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF ESP WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY EXCEED THOSE OF THE BEST STABILIZED PLATFORMS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. ACTIVE, ELECTROMAGNETICALLY LEVITATED BEARINGS ARE USED TO PROVIDE THE FRICTION-FREE OPERATION NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT A TWOAXES STABILIZED PLATFORM WITHOUT VIBRATIONAL COUPLING MECHANISMS (BEARING FRICTION AND STICTION) WHICH OTHERWISE ALLOW THE HOST VEHICLE'S ANGULAR MOTIONS TO DISTURB THE SENSOR'S LINE-OF-SIGHT (LOS).

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