The CIRUS-A from EMCORE Corporation is an Inertial Measurement Unit with a gyro bias stability of 0.0001 degrees/hr and a scale factor stability of +/- 2 ppm. This measurement unit has an accelerometer range of 60 g and a bias of 160 μg. It has a bandwidth of greater than 500 Hz and an operating life of 10 years. The IMU supports a custom serial interface and has a power consumption of 10 W. It has a mass of 8.165 Kg and measures 30.23 x 28.2 x 15 cm. The IMU delivers state-of-the-art, strategic-grade performance for platform stabilization, pointing applications, missile guidance systems, vehicle/platform navigation, and northfinder applications for missile, space, sensor, ground, air, and marine applications.
