Company Profile

Advanced Optical Systems Inc (AKA: AOS)
Profile last edited on: 5/29/2021      CAGE: 0GP75      UEI: VY8ANDKL5ZJ7

Business Identifier: Image processing, proximity operations, and target recognition hardware and software
Year Founded
1988
First Award
1989
Latest Award
2015
Program Status
Inactive
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Location Information

6767 Old Madison Pike Suite 410
Huntsville, AL 35806
   (256) 971-0036
   marketing@aos-inc.com
   www.aos-inc.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 05
County: Madison

Public Profile

Formed by the former Director of Research at the U.S. Army Missile Command, Advanced Optical Systems, Inc. the AOS team in has expertise in physical optics, optical engineering, lasers, lens design, optomechanics, opto-electronics, electronics, and software. AOS specializes in optical signal processing that extracts information from images and applies the solution at the system level to solve real-world problems. The firm applies the power of massively parallel optical processors to extract information from highly complex scenes. The information is then refined and used to provide decision-making cues to operators and to close the loop on automated systems. Some examples of success in this area are automatic target recognition and remote attitude measurement systems. Business interests include * Aided Target Recognition (ATR) * Cueing for ATR Systems * Space Rendezvous and Docking * Electro Optic Sensors and Seekers * Rotocraft Auto External Load Lift I * mage Stabilization Space Imaging and Cryogenics * Space Qualified Manufacturing. In 2013, the firm received Received Two Edison Awards™ 1. AIRprint Won Gold in “Innovative Services Safety/Security” for its Ability to Collect Fingerprints from 10 Feet Away. while 2. Hermes Won Silver in “Applied Technology/Safety” for its Innovative Technology that Guides Drone Helicopters to Pick Up and Deliver Supplies Automatically.

Extent of SBIR involvement

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Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
15-19
Revenue Range
1.5M-2M
VC funded?
No
Public/Private
Privately Held
Stock Info
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IP Holdings
10-14

Awards Distribution by Agency

Most Recent SBIR Projects

Year Phase Agency Total Amount
2015 2 Navy $1,129,138
Project Title: Semi-Autonomous, Reliable, Safe Recovery of the Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) in Various Sea States.
2012 2 MDA $1,149,795
Project Title: Innovative Sensor Packaging and Testing
2011 1 AF $99,898
Project Title: Rapid Assembly and Alignment of Electro-Optical Sensor Payloads
2010 2 Navy $843,775
Project Title: Autonomous Persistent Surveillance and Targeting for the Asymmetric Air Threat (APSTAAT)
2010 2 Navy $887,972
Project Title: Improved LADAR

Key People / Management

  Keith B Farr -- President/COO/Principal Scientist

  Richard L Hartman -- CEO & Chief Scientist

  John D Ashe -- Senior Project Manager

  Joel D Burcham -- ATR & Biometrics Point of contact

  Keith Farr

  Paul A Finley

  Stephen Fox

  Ken S Merwin

  Barrel W Pepper

  Fred D Roe -- Vice President

  Kevin Spradley

  Steven W Tate

  Charles A Whitehead -- Principal Scientist