DPA Title III Next Generation Star Tracker System Project

Post Date

June 15th 2015

Application Due Date

July 31st 2015

Funding Opportunity Number

FOA-AFRL-RQKM-2015-0024

CFDA Number(s)

12.800

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $22730000

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

The DPA Title III objective of the Phase 1 effort is the development and production of an affordable and reliable modular, Next Generation Star Tracker Systems (NGSTS) that uses advanced domestically-produced Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) detectors, with a capability that is equal to, or better than the specifications of DPA Title III Advanced CMOS Capability Project (see the STELLAR spec). For this purpose, the US Government (USG) considers a modular NGSTS to be capable of meeting a range of capabilities (i.e., environments, sensitivities, update rates, etc.), for a range of space-borne Medium-Accuracy Star Trackers (MAST: 1-20 arcsec), with the potential to also meet High-Accuracy Star Trackers (HAST: <1 arcsec) specifications, for both commercial and USG space applications, all from a single basic system design. A MAST designed to target a majority of the global technical requirements with a common architecture and/or footprint, is considered to be the baseline for the modular NGSTS design. Customization of electronics, software, optics, detectors, structure, etc. from baseline design will be required to meet specific program requirements.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Defense

• Office:

  Air Force -- Research Lab

• Agency Contact:

  Laura Ortiz
  Agreements Negotiator
  Phone 937-713-9899

• Agency Mailing Address:

  For Questions & Assistance

• Agency Email Address:

  laura.ortiz@us.af.mil