Psionic develops SurePath™, a laser-based navigation system that utilizes surface-relative velocity measurements to provide precise altitude and velocity data for autonomous space vehicles. This technology enables reliable navigation in GPS-denied environments, ensuring accurate positioning for lunar missions and other space operations.
Funding
$1M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Autonomous space vehicles require precise altitude and velocity data, especially in environments where GPS is unavailable. Current navigation systems may be vulnerable to RF interference, detectable signals, and jamming, compromising mission success.
Solution
Psionic develops SurePath™, a laser-based navigation system that provides surface-relative velocity measurements for autonomous vehicles. This technology enables precise and reliable navigation in GPS-denied environments by using coherent lasers to determine the vehicle's surface relative velocity vector and altitude. SurePath™ corrects IMU sensor errors for superior navigational performance and can be configured with vision-based navigation and terrain contour matching for enhanced effectiveness. The system's design ensures high confidence measurements, operating below shortwave infrared background levels, making it undetectable and non-jammable.
Target Audience
The primary customers are those in the commercial, defense, and space sectors requiring precise navigation for autonomous land, air, and space vehicles.
Features
- Laser-based velocimeter for measuring surface-relative velocity
- Precision altimeter providing sub-meter surface-relative altitude without RF vulnerability
- Inertial navigation system correcting IMU sensor errors for superior performance in GPS-denied environments
- Optional vision-based navigation for absolute location, heading, and obstacle avoidance
- Terrain contour matching for absolute location fixes without GNSS signals
- Real-time vector velocity information to correct inertial sensor errors
- High confidence measurements using a coherent receiver
- Non-RF operation, immune to RF interference and GPS jamming