Lockheed Martin Selects KVH Industries, Inc. to Develop Fiber Optic Gyro Sensor for the IRST21 Sensor System
January 21, 2020 at 07:00 am
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KVH Industries, Inc. announced that Lockheed Martin has selected KVH to develop and deliver the next-generation multi-axis fiber optic gyro (FOG) sensor for the IRST21 sensor system, which Boeing and the U.S. Navy are integrating into the F/A-18 E/F combat aircraft. KVH was chosen after a competitive process. A passive, long-range sensor system, IRST21 uses infrared and other sensor technologies to detect and track airborne threats with weapon-quality accuracy, increasing pilot reaction time and improving survivability. KVH’s DSP-1760 FOG is designed to deliver high-speed, highly accurate pitch, roll, and yaw data, with FOG performance characteristics that include superior bias stability, scale factor, and angle random walk. A high-bandwidth, low-noise sensor within the IRST21, the DSP-1760 FOG can help ensure precise long-range detection of incoming threats.
KVH Industries, Inc. is a provider of technology-driven connectivity solutions to primarily maritime customers globally. The Company provides global high-speed Internet and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services via satellite to mobile users at sea and on land. It is also a provider of commercially licensed entertainment, including news, sports, music, and movies, to commercial customers in the maritime and hotel markets, along with supplemental value-added cybersecurity, email, and crew Internet services. It provides integrated, end-to-end services, software, and hardware that support its customersâ need for access to the Internet, VoIP, operations content, and entertainment services while on the move. The Company also manufactures in-motion, stabilized antennas that provide receive-only satellite television services. The Company also offers variety of value-added services to its maritime customers as well as news content to its hotel customers.