Think small. That was our focus when we partnered with Draper Laboratory to make micro electromechanical sensors (MEMS) technology work in guidance and navigation systems. A high-performance inertial package which used to require 33 cubic inches of space will be reduced to 2 cubic inches. Making it smaller and lighter has made it more economical. It's also the next big step to putting sophisticated guidance controls on a chip.

Some additional facts:

• Tailored and enhanced our high-volume military inertial product for space applications 
• Based on inertial measurement system of choice for future high-volume commercial and military programs 
• Low cost, light weight, low power, tactical performance

Additional solutions include:

Miniature Inertial Measurement Unit

• Proven space flight heritage 
• Inertial measurement system of choice for commercial and military programs 
• Flown on geostationary earth orbit, low earth orbiting and deep-space-probe applications 
• 100 percent mission success 
• Low cost, light weight, high performance

High Performance Fiber Optic Gyro-Based Inertial Reference System

• Best-performing gyro ever manufactured, as validated by independent government labs 
• Tailorable to unique program needs through sizing of fiber coil and fiber length 
• Addresses long mission reliability requirements through redundancy 

• Precision payload pointing and stabilization 
• High-performance bus attitude control 
• Low-drift, low-noise applications