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LCS Low-Cost Seeker
Novel design and fabrication techniques are being incorporated into a prototype seeker currently being built at AOS. The goal of this program is to dramatically reduce the cost of the opto-mechanical portions of a missile seeker.
ODM Optical Disk Modulator
AOS has built an optical correlator that uses optical Compact Disk (CD) as the filter modulator. Two-dimensional spatial filters are written on the disk by a commercially available CD writer using a custom software driver.
MAPS Measurement of Attitude by Power Spectrum
White Sands Missile Range needed a way to measure missile attitude (pitch and yaw) in real time during test flights. The system that AOS built and delivered accomplishes this by using the optical power spectrum of two to four video images of the missile.
ODIN Optical DIgital Neural network
ODIN is the king of gods in Norse mythology. He is thought of as an old man, the wisest of the gods. On each shoulder he had a raven which he sent out daily to bring back news.

ODIN is an Aided Target Recognition (ATR) system, based on the optical processing technique known as Diffraction Pattern Sampling (DPS). AOS has built and tested a single-channel, which can process NTSC video imagery. More detailed information on ODIN.
ALORE Aircraft Landing by Optical Recognition Experiment
AOS constructed a real-time optical correlation ATR system to identify and track aircraft. The ALORE system was integrated with the Navy's experimental Electro-Optical Tracking System (EOTS) and installed on the USS Enterprise (CVN-65).
THOR Terminal Homing by Optical Recognition
THOR, god of Thunder in Norse mythology, is famed for his hammer which always returns to his hand after being hurled at his enemy. He is the son of ODIN.

AOS investigated the application of optical correlation to Air Force weapons systems such as the GBU-15 TV guided bomb . We showed that THOR allows for the creation of autonomous standoff munitions with enhanced firepower and increased survivability.