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Ultra Wide Field of View Night Vision Goggles with Spherical Sensing

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Navy 		Award ID:
 Program Year/Program:
2011 / STTR
Agency Tracking Number:
N10B-049-0028 		Solicitation Year:
2010 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N10B-T049 		Solicitation Number:
2010.B
Small Business Information
InterScience, Inc.
105 Jordan Road Troy, NY -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2011
Title: Ultra Wide Field of View Night Vision Goggles with Spherical Sensing
Agency / Branch: DOD / NAVY
Contract: N68335-11-C-0100
Award Amount: $70,000.00
 

Abstract:

The currently fielded AN/AVS-9 night vision goggles (NVG) for use by air crew with a 40degrees Field of View (FOV) creates the so-call soda straw-effect that significantly hinders situational awareness desired for many types of missions. This FOV restriction limit has been identified as a causal factor in numerous aviation mishaps. Recognizing the needs for expanding FOV on NVG, we propose to develop a compact ultra-wide FOV night vision system with spherical sensing suitable for helmet mounting for use by the Navy helicopter aircrew for enhanced situation awareness in night time operations. We also include an option for a two-position zooming NVG object lens implementation to switch between standard 40 degrees FOV and ultra-wide FOV. This two-position zooming NVG approach is an integrated solution to provide both broad situation awareness capability and high resolution magnification of the area of interest. We also propose to conduct research and experiments to develop a test plan to determine the advantages and disadvantages of a wide FOV NVG system and the desirability of incorporating two-position zooming feature in NVG.

Principal Investigator:

Jiayin Ma
Senior Optical Engineer
(518) 283-7500
maj@intersci.com

Business Contact:

James Woo
President
(518) 283-7500
woojt@intersci.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

InterScience, Inc.
105 Jordan Road Troy, NY -

EIN/Tax ID: 061032899
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
Research Institution Information:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
ECSE Department
110 8th St.
Troy, NY 12180-
Contact: Zhaoran R. Huang
Contact Phone: (518) 276-6086