Advanced Military Space Sensor Systems (AMSSS)
Air Force ‐ Air Force Research Laboratory
The Air Force Research Laboratory executed this contract with SDL to ensure ongoing support of necessary Research and Development (R&D) in the areas of sensor development, image processing, and data analysis.
Some of the activities SDL is performing under the AMSSS contract include:
- Electro-optical sensor systems research and development
- Innovative sensor components and systems
- Cryo-systems, thermal design, development, and handling
- Sensor calibration, characterization, test, and evaluation
- Ground, airborne, and space rated instruments and payload development, test and evaluation integration, validation and operations to include technology insertion including form, fit, function, and miniaturization of mechanical, optical, and electronic devices
- Modular Open Systems Architecture for airborne, space, and ground applications
- Autonomous and Intelligent Unmanned Sensor Systems
- Geo-based Active Stabilization and pointing for airborne, space and ground applications
- Large scale data processing, handling, compression/decompression, and visualization techniques for sensor analysis, data exploitation, data fusion, and data dissemination
- Phenomenology measurements, modeling and simulation
- Sensor modeling and simulation
- Small/ micro satellite sensor systems and components
- Prototype development of ground systems to support ground, airborne, and space instruments. a. Multi-domain Command and Control (C2), including research and analysis, and developing C2 concept of operations (CONOPS)
- Cyber analytics and high speed networks
Contract Features
- Cost Plus Fixed Fee order accepted
- Available for use by the Air Force Research Laboratory only