Applied Signal Technology, Inc. Receives SPAWAR Contract to Supply an Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Sonar System.SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- The Space and Naval Warfare Center, Charleston (SPAWARSYSCEN SPAWARSYSCEN Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Charleston) has awarded Applied Signal Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : APSG), a provider of integrated synthetic aperture sonar Synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) is a form of sonar in which sophisticated post-processing of sonar data are used in ways closely analogous to synthetic aperture radar. Synthetic aperture sonars combine a number of acoustic pings to form an image with much higher resolution than and navigation suites and mission and target analysis workstations, a $5 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide up to five interferometric synthetic aperture sonar (InSAS) systems. Under the terms of the IDIQ contract, the Navy has ordered one system. The contract requires Applied Signal Technology (AST (AST Computer, Irvine, CA) A PC manufacturer founded in 1980 by Albert Wong, Safi Quershey and Tom Yuen (A, S and T). It offered a complete line of PCs that sold through its dealer channel. ) to provide a real-time, low power InSAS system that provides high resolution imagery and bathymetry ba·thym·e·try n. The measurement of the depth of bodies of water. bath  y·met , and which fits existing medium-to-large autonomous
underwater vehicles (AUV).
Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) is emerging as an ideal sensor for AUV-based wide area seafloor surveillance, sea-mine localization, geological surveys for cable and pipeline installation, and other applications. AST successfully fielded its PROSAS[TM] Real-Time SAS Processor on a commercial mission-ready AUV in 2004. By using vehicle motion to create a long synthetic array, PROSAS has the potential to increase image resolution by an order-of-magnitude or more compared to traditional sidescan sonars. The SAS technology is also well suited for interferometric processing, providing co-located, high resolution bathymetry and imaging from the same sensor. Mr. Gary Yancey, President and Chief Executive Officer of Applied Signal Technology, stated, "This award is a very important achievement and is the result of a lot of government and corporate investment to refine our SAS offering. We have been investing to compliment U.S. Government investments in order to be able to provide a field operational SAS system. We believe this will be one of a few operational bathymetric ba·thym·e·try n. The measurement of the depth of bodies of water. bath y·met SAS systems in service."
Mr. Yancey concluded his remarks, "I believe this demonstrates our company's credibility as a production SAS system provider. There are requirements for such systems beyond commercial survey systems. This same technology supports undersea warfare and we believe it offers us an opportunity for growth in that marketplace." Applied Signal Technology, Inc. provides advanced digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). products, systems and services in support of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance An activity that synchronizes and integrates the planning and operation of sensors, assets, and processing, exploitation, and dissemination systems in direct support of current and future operations. This is an integrated intelligence and operations function. Also called ISR. for global security. For further information about Applied Signal Technology visit our website at www.appsig.com. |
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