"Designed and tested to rigorous military standards, the rugged DSP-4000 series offers the military the next generation of gun and turret stabilization technology as well as dynamic pointing capabilities," remarked Dan Conway, KVH's vice president for business development.
"We are building on the success of our DSP technology to expand the versatility and capabilities of our fiber optic product line. Doing so enables us to pursue the expanding market for stabilization applications."
The DSP-4000 series' all-fiber design ensures high reliability, superior performance, and exceptional vibration, shock, and acceleration survivability. It also features analog and digital outputs, low noise, high bandwidth, improved bias stability, and excellent resolution, making it the optimal mechanical gyro alternative.
At the same time, it delivers superior stabilization and tracking capabilities for turret, antenna, and optical stabilization systems. The DSP-4000 series is also insensitive to cross-axis motion and inertia, unlike mechanical gyros.
Its high bandwidth and low noise make it particularly suitable for armored vehicle gun stabilization. With no moving parts to maintain or replace, the DSP-4000 series lasts longer than its mechanical predecessors, performs better, and yields a significantly lower lifetime cost.
KVH's DSP electronics improve performance in such critical areas as scale factor and bias versus temperature, scale factor linearity, turn-on to turn-on repeatability, and maximum input rate.
The breakthrough DSP design (covered by multiple patents, including U.S. Patent #6,429,939, "DSP Signal Processing for Open Loop Fiber Optic Sensors") overcomes the limitations of analog signal processing, virtually eliminating temperature-sensitive drift and rotation errors.
KVH FOGs are used in diverse applications including inertial measurement units for torpedoes, precision tactical navigation systems for military vehicles, and image stabilization and synchronization for shoulder- or tripod-mounted weapon simulators. Platforms that depend on KVH FOGs include the U.S. Army Ground Prophet next-generation signal intelligence vehicle; the Javelin, Stinger, and ITAS weapons training simulators; stabilization systems for naval radar and missile defense systems, among others.