Mobile Multi-spectral Beam Steering Device

A method of scene projection is required to test turret-mounted sensors without the need for direct hardware interface with the sensor under test (SUT). SSG proposes the application of multiple high resolution gimbal systems to project a target scene froma MIRSP or IRSS source to the SUT via one or more scan mirrors. Non-invasive measurement of the SUT position is accomplished through any one of several technologies proposed and which mount co-boresighted or in parallax to the scene projector. Theproposed system is able to project over a large range (360 degrees) with a scalable system configuration using modular components. This SBIR builds upon SSGPO's extensive experience with high resolution and high accuracy (sub-microradian) scanning andpointing mirror systems for ground based, airborne and space based optical systems. In Phase I, a system architecture and a technology for remote sensing of the turret position will be selected. Phase II will provide a prototype for each of the two typesof gimbal systems proposed. SSGPO has similar experience as a supplier for the Navy's Advanced Telescope Optical Sub-System (ATOSS) and a developer of a low-cost alternative to the EOTADS optical system, a component of the EOSS on the RAH-66 Comanche.Development of a MMBSD will provide a testing solution and training interface for a wide variety of optical sensors that are turret and gimbal mounted. Such systems are used extensively in the military and in commercial remote sensing applications.Remote position sensing techniques used by the MMBSD would also be useful for machine vision and manufacturing inspection applications.