StarVision Technologies proposes to conduct an experimental feasibility assessment of an innovative and robust Autonomous Aerial Refueling System (AARS). The system has been developed specifically for powered munitions and will provide significant battlefield enhancements by allowing persistent and… More

StarVision Technologies proposes an innovative concept to significantly reduce cost and increase flexibility of tactical satellites. By employing the stellar gyroscope, we replace separate attitude and rate sensing instruments with a single device that is capable of measuring spacecraft inertial… More

The purpose of the proposed effort is to provide a novel and innovative reconfigurable software defined radio (SDR) development system that supports the design and implementation of SDRs for human Moon/planetary surface exploration and deep space missions. This type of revolutionary technology… More

The purpose of the proposed effort is to provide a novel and innovative precision landing sensor (LandingNav) for Mars. LandingNav supports space exploration by significantly enhancing real-time landmark recognition and navigation capabilities, thus substantially improving the Mars landing… More

Tactical warfighters need access to responsive spacecraft that can be put into operational service within weeks of a commander's request. New plug and play avionic architectures are being investigated to support this need but lower cost inertial measurement systems are required to make spacecraft… More

Autonomous Aerial Refueling (AAR) of powered munitions can enable persistent loitering and provide significant benefits to future warfighters. The technology has immediate commercial applications and the feasibility of AAR for small unmanned vehicles has been successfully demonstrated in the Phase… More

The iDART concept has been conceived as a total system solution to launch and recovery of UAVs on the move. The robustness and accuracy of the cooperative vision based sensor for very high rate relative navigation updates makes this concept very attractive. An intelligent supervisory control… More

NASA science and exploration missions will continue to require observation and sensing platforms with enhanced guidance, navigation and control (GN&C) subsystems. In fact, GN&C technology improvements have the potential to enable new and revolutionary missions that will accelerate the exploration… More

The Phase I effort successfully demonstrated the feasibility of a terrain guided automated precision landing sensor using an innovative multi-field-of-view stereo motion system with a novel real time terrain mapping algorithm. The objective of the Phase II proposal is to develop a complete… More

The QuickShot diagnostic tool leverages existing velocity measurement techniques and adds an image intensified camera system to measure hypervelocity projectile displacement from centerline, pitch, and yaw. An illumination and filtering scheme eliminates launch and impact light flash saturation of… More

Situational awareness sensors are highly desirable in order to be able to detect, track, image and possibly predict the intent of unknown space objects. Currently designed systems are restricted in their ability to image objects at varying ranges (consequently limited spatial resolution) and the… More

StarVision Technologies in partnership with Northrop Grumman's navigation systems division (NSD) and Cobham's mission systems group proposes an innovative AAR terminal guidance solution that provides accurate and robust relative navigation in severe environments, extended range for GPS denied… More

Satellite-borne space situational awareness sensor systems capable of both wide-field and narrow-field high fidelity imaging are highly desirable to provide tracking and surveillance of targets. Conventional systems, however, either incorporate a heavy precision gimbaled telescope assembly for… More