{"66225":{"#nid":"66225","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Northrop Grumman, Georgia Tech to Develop New Micro Gyro Technology for DARPA","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENorthrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/headlines.html?symbol=NOC\u0022\u003ENOC\u003C\/a\u003E),\n in partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been \nselected to develop a new type of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) \ngyroscope technology for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency\u0027s\n (DARPA) Microscale Rate Integrating Gyroscope program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\n\tThe MEMS technology developed by Northrop Grumman and Georgia Tech \nduring the initial 12-month award period will form the basis for a micro\n resonator gyro capable of achieving navigation grade performance. \nUtilizing a new MEMS fabrication process, the Northrop Grumman-led team \nwill produce a proof-of-concept micro gyro that can perform as well as \ncurrent silicon MEMS devices in a smaller size, lighter weight and lower\n power package.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The new micro-fabrication process that Northrop Grumman and Georgia \nTech are developing for this program is truly groundbreaking,\u0022 said \nCharles Volk, vice president and chief technology officer of Northrop \nGrumman\u0027s Navigation Systems Division. \u0022It will enable us to move \nnavigation technology forward by creating miniature gyros which can be \nutilized on a variety of applications, from unmanned vehicles to \nhand-held devices.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDARPA\u0027s Microscale Rate Integrating Gyroscope program seeks to develop \nminiature navigation grade gyros for use in personal navigation, \nunmanned vehicle navigation, GPS denied\/challenged locations, and other \nsize and power constrained applications requiring precision navigation. \nNorthrop Grumman, in partnership with Georgia Tech, was awarded a \nresearch and development contract for the preliminary design, \ndevelopment and testing of micro-resonator devices.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Northrop Grumman and Georgia Tech team will advance the frontier of\n micro- and nano-fabrication, enabling the extreme miniaturization of \nhighly stable navigation devices, with small energy dissipation,\u0022 said \nFarrokh Ayazi, a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer \nEngineering (ECE) at Georgia Tech. Dr. Ayazi is a principal investigator\n for this project and serves as co-director for ECE\u0027s Center for MEMS \nand Microsystems Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENorthrop Grumman offers its customers more than 50 years of navigation \nexperience and produces navigation products utilizing a range of \ntechnologies including fiber-optic gyro-based systems, Northrop \nGrumman\u0027s exclusive hemispherical resonator gyro, unique ZLG\u2122 gyros, \nspinning mass gyros, ring laser gyros and \nmicro-electro-mechanical-system gyros.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E******************************************************************************************\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology is one of the world\u0027s premier research universities. Ranked seventh among \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s\u003C\/em\u003E\n top public universities and the eighth\u0026nbsp;best engineering and information\n technology university in the world by Shanghai Jiao Tong University\u0027s \nAcademic Ranking of World Universities, Georgia Tech\u0027s more than 20,000 \nstudents are enrolled in its Colleges of Architecture, Computing, \nEngineering, Liberal Arts, Management and Sciences. Tech is among the \nnation\u0027s top producers of women and minority engineers.\u0026nbsp;The Institute \noffers research opportunities to both undergraduate and graduate \nstudents and is home to more than 100 interdisciplinary units plus the \nGeorgia Tech Research Institute.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENorthrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing \ninnovative systems, products and solutions in aerospace, electronics, \ninformation systems, and technical services to government and commercial\n customers worldwide. Please visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.northropgrumman.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_top\u0022\u003Ewww.northropgrumman.com\u003C\/a\u003E for more information.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENorthrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/headlines.html?symbol=NOC\u0022\u003ENOC\u003C\/a\u003E),\n in partnership with the Georgia Institute of Technology, has been \nselected to develop a new type of Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) \ngyroscope technology for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency\u0027s\n (DARPA) Microscale Rate Integrating Gyroscope program.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Northrop Grumman and Georgia Tech are teaming up to develop a new micro gyro technology for DARPA."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2011-05-18 12:30:08","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:45","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=8","title":"Farrokh Ayazi"},{"url":"http:\/\/cmmt.gatech.edu\/","title":"Center for MEMS and Microsystems Technology"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"13236","name":"Center for MEMS and Microsystems Technology"},{"id":"12106","name":"Farrokh Ayazi"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"166855","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGina Piellusch\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENorthrop Grumman Corporation\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E818-715-2285\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gina.piellusch@ngc.com\u0022\u003Egina.piellusch@ngc.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["gina.piellusch@ngc.com"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}