Integrated Acoustic/MAD ASW Sensor Payload for the MQ-8C VTUAV Navy SBIR FY2015.1 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2015.1 Topic No.: N151-058 Topic Title: Integrated Acoustic/MAD ASW Sensor Payload for the MQ-8C VTUAV Proposal No.: N151-058-0632 Firm: Physical Sciences Inc. 20 New England Business Center Andover, Massachusetts 01810 Contact: James Glynn Phone: (978) 689-0003 Abstract: The MQ-8 vertical takeoff unmanned air vehicle (VTUAV) opens a new era in naval aviation. The C variant of the MQ-8 offers much higher endurance and payload capacity than prior versions, enabling new missions. The Navy seeks to exploit this new capability to perform air ASW with an integrated acoustic/ magnetic anomaly detection (MAD) sensor system. Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) has recently developed a low cost, low size, weight and power alkali atom total field magnetometer for air ASW. In addition, PSI is developing the secure/scalable acoustic signal processor (SSASP) under multiple, synergistic SBIR programs. In this program, PSI proposes to merge acoustic and MAD sensors, and fuse the resulting contact data to detect, localize, and track threat submarines from the MQ-8C Firescout using the SSASP as the fusion processing platform. The program leverages PSI's prior efforts in MAD sensor development, acoustic signal processing, and tracker development and other ongoing Navy R&D efforts for relevant component technologies. Benefits: The MQ-8C ASW Payload will provide a new and innovative approach to acoustic and magnetic data fusion, enabling ASW detection, localization, and tracking from a vertical takeoff unmanned air vehicle (VTUAV). Return