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Navigation Solutions by Terrain Imaging

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Air Force 		Award ID:
62183 		Program Year/Program:
2003 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
021MN-294 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
ATHENA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
3721 Macintosh Drive Vint Hill Tech Park Warrenton, VA 20187 0187
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2003
Title: Navigation Solutions by Terrain Imaging
Agency / Branch: DOD / USAF
Contract: F08630-03-C-0024
Award Amount: $749,236.00
 

Abstract:

Athena Technologies, Incorporated (Athena) in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute (CMU) is pleased to submit this Phase II proposal in continuation of the Phase I effort where we successfully demonstrated proof-of-concept (POC)Visual Augmented Inertial Navigation System (VAINS) to accurately generate high bandwidth velocity, position and attitude of an air vehicle in the case of extended absence of GPS. The Phase I effort addressed a number of issues involving extraction andtracking of natural terrain features, use of synthetic images for testing purposes, and demonstrating feasibility of the entire VAINS concept to achieve INS accuracy equivalent to performance when GPS is available full time. The objective of this Phase IIeffort is to maturate the VAINS architecture and achieve robust and accurate navigation performance while flying over various types of real natural terrain, under different lighting conditions, flight speeds and altitudes, with poor GPS coverage. Inaddition to finalizing the implementation of the algorithms, a key deliverable of the Phase II effort will be an optimal hardware design configuration to perform the VAINS functionality.

Principal Investigator:

Ben Motazed
VP, Technology
7033311051
bmotazed@athenati.com

Business Contact:

Matthew Hutchison
VP, Operations
7033311065
mhutchison@athenati.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

ATHENA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
9950 Wakeman Drive Manassas, VA 20110

EIN/Tax ID: 541894449
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No