About PhoQtek Labs
PhoQtek Labs is a deep-tech company developing GPS-denied navigation technologies for defense, aerospace, unmanned systems, robotics, autonomous platforms, and selected industrial mobility applications.
To build indigenous navigation technologies for platforms operating beyond reliable GNSS. PhoQtek is focused on onboard sensing, optical inertial sensing, visual navigation, embedded electronics, and platform-specific integration.
PhoQtek Labs combines photonics R&D, inertial sensing, visual navigation, embedded systems, and sensor-fusion engineering to develop GPS-denied navigation technologies for defense, aerospace, unmanned systems, robotics, and selected industrial mobility applications.
Our work spans Fiber-Optic Gyroscope development, Visual Navigation Systems, embedded navigation electronics, platform integration, and staged validation. We approach GPS-denied navigation as a system-level engineering challenge where optical sensing, visual sensing, inertial measurement, onboard processing, interfaces, mechanical integration, and testing must work together under defined operating conditions.
PhoQtek follows a disciplined development pathway: physics-level validation, subsystem prototyping, signal characterization, platform integration, GPS-denied scenario testing, ruggedization planning, and customer-specific product development. Public performance claims are made only after controlled testing and platform-specific validation.
| Capability pillar | Website copy |
|---|---|
| Photonics & Optical Sensing | Fiber-Optic Gyroscope development, optical inertial sensing, photonic signal-chain validation, and sensor-level characterization. |
| Inertial Navigation | FOG-based inertial sensing roadmap for heading support, stabilization, inertial backup, and navigation-stack integration. |
| Visual Navigation | Onboard visual sensing and embedded processing for GNSS-degraded environments, UAVs, UGVs, robotics, and autonomous platforms. |
| Sensor Fusion | Complementary sensing architectures combining visual, inertial, platform, and mission-relevant inputs under defined operating conditions. |
| Embedded Systems | Onboard processing, sensor interfaces, navigation electronics, data handling, and platform integration. |
| Defense-Oriented Engineering | SWaP-aware design, ruggedization planning, environmental considerations, EMI/EMC awareness, interface discipline, and staged validation. |
| Testing & Validation | Controlled laboratory testing, subsystem characterization, platform integration, GPS-denied scenario evaluation, and customer-specific demonstration pathways. |
Visual sensing is environment-dependent. Inertial sensing drifts over time. Platform dynamics, vibration, timing, SWaP, thermal exposure, and integration quality all affect real-world performance. PhoQtek follows staged engineering from physics-level validation to platform-specific demonstrators.
PhoQtek works with platform developers, defense users, aerospace teams, UAV/UGV manufacturers, robotics companies, system integrators, laboratories, and industrial partners. PhoQtek is part of the NVIDIA Inception Program.