iMAR GmbH, located in south western Germany, is an innovative company with many years' experience in the field of strapdown inertial navigation and control technique and in satellite navigation (INS, DGPS).
iMAR's focus is on the development and marketing of inertial measuring and navigation systems and sensors for guidance, navigation, stabilization, surveying and control applications. Because of our know-how in the field of inertial measuring techniques and strap-down algorithms, our close connections to the leading producers of inertial basic sensors, and our use of the most modern production and testing facilities including high precision turntables with two and three axes (ACUTRONIC 357L, ACUTRONIC 242), iMAR is ideally equipped to meet the demanding requirements and specifications of your civilian and military applications - for example extensive inertial measuring and stabilization systems.

 

• Strapdown as well as platform inertial navigation and control systems
• Systems for car dynamics analysis
• All kinds of gyroscopes and accelerometers
• Artificial horizons
• Stabilization of cameras and antennas
• Active tilting technology
• Control of unmanned vehicles
• Inertial navigation systems for offshore applications and UAVs
• Inertial measurement systems for surveying applications
• Industrial measuring and surveying of machine tools
• Pipeline surveying
• Navigation for precision farming
• Advanced AHRS systems to fulfill extended demands
• Kinematic surveying using INS/DGPS
• Military guidance and control applications
• Customized measurement and stabilization systems

Die iMAR GmbH mit Sitz in St. Ingbert verfügt über umfassende Erfahrungen in Entwicklung, Herstellung und Vertrieb inertialer Navigations- und Meßsysteme sowie Sensoren für Aufgaben der Automatisierungs-, Regel- und Vermessungstechnik.
Das Know-How auf dem Gebiet der Inertialmeßtechnik und Strapdown-Algorithmik, der sensornahen Hardware-Entwicklung und Kontakte zu allen führenden Herstellern inertialer Sensoren, Kooperationen mit anwendungsorientierten Forschungseinrichtungen sowie die Verfügbarkeit modernster Fertigungsstätten und Prüfeinrichtungen einschließlich eines Zweiachs- sowie eines Dreiachs-Drehsimulators, Temperaturprüfschrank und Shaker erlauben der iMAR die Lösung auch anspruchsvollster Aufgaben und die Realisierung kundenspezifischer Meßsysteme sowohl für kommerzielle Einsatzgebiete als auch für Bereiche der Forschung und der Sondertechnik.

 

• Inertiale Navigation und Regelung in Strapdown- und Plattformtechnik
• Fahrdynamische Meßsysteme
• Faserkreisel, Laserkreisel, Vibrokreisel, DTGs etc.
• Künstliche Horizonte
• Stabilisierung von Kameras und Antennen
• Aktive Neigetechnik
• Regelung von Tauch- und Flugkörpern
• Vermessung von Werkzeugmaschinen
• Pipeline-Vermessung, Schachtvermessung
• Navigationsgeräte für fahrerlose Transportsysteme
• Kinematische Vermessung mit INS/DGPS
• Inertiale Vermessungssysteme für geodätische Aufgaben
• Kundenspezifische Meßsysteme für zivile und nichtzivile Anwendungen

iMAR GmbH, one of the leading companies in the business of inertial navigation, shows its competence in consultancy and development of inertial solutions on the following pages.

iMAR GmbH provides, uses or undertakes consultancy activities for following products, applications and components of the following manufactureres. iMAR provides also independent test capabilities where sensors and systems of wellknown manufacturers of inertial technology were tested under contract of end-users. The followiung table shows an excerpt of manufactureres, end-users, projects and systems.

Sensor manufacturers (has to be completed):

Honeywell, Tamam, Alliedsignal, Crossbow, GEC, iMAR, Sfim, Sagem, Sextant, Kearfott, Condor, RDI, iXSEA, Photonetics, Perm, MWS, Murata, Tokin, BASE, Fizoptika, Systron Donner, JAE.

Companies being customers or being/having been in contact with iMAR (excerpt, see also our reference list):

Bluefin, Vickers, Sonardyne, LFK, MoD, Acutronic, Boeing, Airbus, ESA, DLR, RHM, , EuroFOG, SEA, STN, BOSCH, Autoflug, L3, ELAC, DASA, EADS, Astrium, SOFIA, SACLANT, iXEA.

Wellknown inertial navigation systems and sensors/systems:

iPEGASUS, iDIS, iNAV, iTGAC, iNAV-RQH ring laser gyro navigator, iNAV-FMS fiber optic gyro navigator, iOLFOG fiber optical gyro, vibrating gyro, iDRPOS, iNAV-FMS, iNAV-RQH, iHRPY, RLG, FOG, DTG, OCTANS, PHINS, MAPS, GGP, GG1320, HG1700, GG1342, TGC, TGAC, Quapason, VSG, Horizon, Gyrochip, QRS11 .

Companies providing sytems and sensors for similiar applications (check them and their products!):

Kongsberg, Simrad, Seatex, TSS, SG Brown, Raytheon Marine, Anschutz (Anschuetz, Anschütz), Applanix, Genesys, Honeywell, Maridan

Selection of applications of inertial technology as well as projects using inertial technology:

inertial navigation, stabilisation, guidance, control, strapdown navigation, gyroscope calibration, accelerometer calibration, north seeker and north seeking, drilling, torpedo guidance, submarine control, helicopter, pipeline inspection, aircraft control, military design, airborne surveying, turntable operation, luxury ship stabilization,GPS, DGPS, custom designed inertial systems, inertial custom specific applications, dead reckoning systems, gyrocompassing, gyro compass algorithm improvement, UAV navigation and guidance, RPV guidance.
Tornado, Leopard, ASRAAM, UZG, DO-SAR, DM2A4, U212, ASW, LCAW, MKE48, NST-58
Kreiselplattform, Beschleunigung, Fahrdynamik, Elchtest, bohren, Trägheitsnavigation, Navigations-Kalman-Filter, Elch-Test, Stabilisierung, Regelung, Luxus-Yacht-Stabilisierung.

The following links show interesting applications in inertial navigation:

www.naval-technology.com, www.defence-technology.com, www.aerospace-technology.com, www.airforce-technology.com, www.army-technology.com, www.mining-technology.com

Legal Note:

Some of the listed keywords are registered trademarks or abbreviations for well-known systems and sensors made by iMAR or other manufacturers of inertial components, iMAR or its customers are working with or iMAR provides consultancy. iMAR can not be hold responsible for the case that these list is not complete.
iMAR has the mission to promote the usage of excellent inertial technology to the market. In case some company does not like to be listed here, please inform us asap so we can delete it from this list.