EMCORE Announces New Precision Fiber Optic Gyro-Based Inertial Measurement/Navigation Unit for Replacement of Legacy Systems
September 11 2017 - 9:15AM
EMCORE Corporation (NASDAQ:EMKR), a leading provider of advanced
Mixed-Signal Optics products that provide the foundation for
today’s high-speed communication network infrastructures and
leading-edge defense systems, announced today the introduction of
its new EN-300 Inertial Measurement/Navigation Unit for platform
stabilization in unmanned aerial vehicles, dismounted soldier
applications, aeronautics and aviation. Designed with options for
full navigation capability, or as a higher performance, lower cost
replacement for legacy Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs), the
EMCORE EN-300 IMU is being introduced at DSEI, September 12-15 at
the ExCel Centre in London, England, UR Group stand #S5-356.
The EMCORE EN-300 Inertial Measurement/Navigation
Unit is a three-axis design using the Company’s proprietary,
solid-state Fiber Optic Gyro (FOG) transceiver with advanced
integrated optics and Digital Signal Processing (DSP) electronics
to deliver up to five-times better performance, increased
reliability and lower cost than legacy IMUs. The EN-300 can be
ordered in performance versions with bias drift as low as 0.035
degree/hr and ARW (Angle Random Walk) of 0.0040 degree/rt-hr. This
makes it better suited for precise targeting, line-of-sight
stabilization and GPS denied navigation than older generation units
with higher bias drift typically between .5 to 3.0 degree/hr. Bias
drift is an important measure of accuracy and precision of the IMU,
with lower bias models delivering higher performance overall.
The internal signal processing of the EN-300 IMU
provides options for an Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS),
or full standalone navigation software with coning and skulling
compensation and sophisticated Kalman filtering. The unit can also
utilize external sensors such as GPS for aided navigation. When
configured with the full standalone navigation software, the
highest performing EN-300 model can statically find north to less
than 5 milliradian through gyrocompassing. The unit can also north
keep for over an hour and a half, which makes the EN-300 an
extremely valuable asset to the warfighter.
“Our new EN-300 is designed to operate as an IMU or
navigator to provide customers the flexibility in choosing
navigation options, or simply a higher performance replacement for
their legacy IMU,” said Dr. K.K. Wong, Senior Director of Fiber
Optic Gyro Products for EMCORE. “The unit’s digital interface is
fully programmable within EMCORE’s factory allowing it to directly
replace lower performing competing units,” added Dr. Wong.
“We designed our new IMU as a higher accuracy unit
that is form, fit and function compatible with a legacy product,
but with the better performance being demanded by the market,” said
David Faulkner, EMCORE’s Vice President and General Manager of
Aerospace & Defense. “This latest addition to our IMU and
navigation systems product line further leverages EMCORE's unique
vertical integration capabilities to deliver greater precision and
lower cost to our customers.”
EMCORE’s new EN-300 Inertial Measurement/Navigation
Unit and the Company’s complete line of Fiber Optic Gyro and
Inertial Navigation products are being showcased at DSEI, September
12-15 at the ExCel Centre in London, England, UR Group stand
#S5-356.
About EMCORE
EMCORE Corporation is a leading provider of
advanced Mixed-Signal Optics products that provide the foundation
for today’s high-speed communication network infrastructures and
leading-edge defense systems. Our optical chips, components,
subsystems and systems enable broadband and wireless providers to
continually enhance their network capacity, speed and coverage to
advance the free flow of information that empowers the lives of
millions of people daily. The Mixed-Signal Optics technology at the
heart of our broadband transmission products is shared with our
fiber optic gyros and military communications links to provide the
aerospace and defense markets state-of-the-art systems that keep us
safe in an increasingly unpredictable world. EMCORE’s
performance-leading optical components and systems serve a broad
array of applications including cable television,
fiber-to-the-premise networks, telecommunications, wireless
infrastructure, satellite RF fiber links, navigation systems and
military communications. EMCORE has fully vertically-integrated
manufacturing capability through its world-class Indium Phosphide
(InP) wafer fabrication facility at our headquarters in Alhambra,
California and is ISO 9001 certified in Alhambra, and at our
facilities in Warminster, Pennsylvania and China. For more
information, please visit www.emcore.com.
Forward-looking statements:The
information provided herein may include forward-looking statements
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Such statements include statements regarding EMCORE's plans,
strategies, business prospects, growth opportunities, changes and
trends in our business and expansion into new markets. These
forward-looking statements are based on management's current
expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections about EMCORE and
are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results and events to differ materially from those stated in the
forward-looking statements, including without limitation, the
following: (a) the rapidly evolving markets for EMCORE’s products
and uncertainty regarding the development of these markets; (b)
EMCORE’s historical dependence on sales to a limited number of
customers and fluctuations in the mix of products and customers in
any period; (c) delays and other difficulties in commercializing
new products; (d) the failure of new products: (i) to perform as
expected without material defects, (ii) to be manufactured at
acceptable volumes, yields, and cost, (iii) to be qualified and
accepted by our customers, and (iv) to successfully compete with
products offered by our competitors; (e) uncertainties concerning
the availability and cost of commodity materials and specialized
product components that we do not make internally; (f) actions by
competitors; and (g) other risks and uncertainties discussed under
Item 1A - Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, as updated by our subsequent
periodic reports. Forward-looking statements contained in this
press release are made only as of the date hereof, and EMCORE
undertakes no obligation to update or revise the forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise.
Contact: EMCORE
Corporation David Faulkner Vice President & General
Manager, Navigation and Defense Products (626)
293-3698David_Faulkner@emcore.com
MediaJoel CounterManager,
Corporate & Marketing Communications(626)
999-7017media@emcore.com
InvestorErica MannionSapphire
Investor Relations, LLC (617) 542-6180 investor@emcore.com
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