SBIR-STTR Award

A key requirement of the  Air-Forces future communication effort is wideband communication-on-the-move (COTM) while transversing rough, off-road terrain at moderate speed.  BAE, Systems CNIR, Wayne, New Jersey the subcontractor on this effort,  demonstrated this capability recently  during COTM exercises involving the C4ISR Ku transmission subsystem operating on a HMMWV and communicating with an airborne vehicle. Ross-Hime Designs, Inc. Minneapolis  Minnesota and BAE,  Systems, is offering a complete  system with a new and improved horizon-to-horizon gimbal tracking system with revolutionary dexterity and ruggedness.

Benefit:
Commercial applications of this research and development include any mechanical pointing of sensors on any mobile platform including land, sea, and space. Robotic applications include  flexible joints for welding, water-jet cutting and laser.  

Keywords:
Pointing And Stabilization, Beam Width, Gimbals, Dynamic Error, Pointing And Tracking, Spot Beam.

Ross-Hime Designs, Inc. Minneapolis, Minnesota and BAE Systems Wayne, New Jersey are pleased to respond to the DOD''s request for development of a robust, high performance Comunications-On-the-Move (COTM) system. The Ross-Hime Designs/ BAE team will deliver an operable, servo controlled pedestal with control electronics, user controllable from a Host computer. They will be developing and characterizing a stable closed-loop servo, capable of processing platform GPS/INS attitude and location data, and target geodetic location, to both point and stabilize the antenna payload’s line-of-sight. The development effort will culminate in measurement of gimbal mechanism static accuracy as a function of azimuth and elevation angle, and measurement of servo dynamic tracking accuracy when driving the system with actual pre-recorded GPS/INS attitude data measured on the Churchville B Proving Ground course.Ross-Hime Designs proposes the development of the Omni-Wrist IV antenna gimbal which mounts on the roof of any vehicle. This revolutionary pedestal eliminates cable wrap and has full 180 degrees horizon-to-horizon singularity-free range of motion. State-of-the-art software and controls will be further developed by BAE Systems and implemented in a full-up tested system. BENEFIT

Keywords:
Gimbals, Gimbal, Cotm, Robot, Wrist, Pointer, Seeker, Pedestal