Silicon Sensing Systems Ltd

Silicon Sensing is a world market leader in inertial sensing.

The company specialises in silicon micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technology, with all its inertial products based around its own unique, patented sensor design - and every sensor manufactured at the company’s state-of-the-art foundry.

Silicon Sensing supplies ultra-reliable, highly precise MEMS-based gyroscopes, accelerometers, IMUs and inertial sensing systems. These compact, rugged products are ideal for many critical aerospace and defense applications – including platform stabilisation and guidance, unmanned vehicle control, navigation (on land, in the air or at sea) and precision surveying and mapping. 

The company’s products will meet many demanding, requirements - operating in the most extreme environments and wherever component size and weight and power consumption are critical factors.

The current range includes tactical-grade gyros and inertial measurement units (IMUs) that challenge typical fibre-optic gyro (FOG) performance levels, combining precise sustained results with rugged reliability and affordability in a compact and low power consumption package.

Right now, the engineering team at Silicon Sensing is now developing a new generation of products that - in the coming years - will take MEMS-based inertial performance to navigation-grade for the first time.

Headquartered in Plymouth, UK and Amagasaki, Japan, Silicon Sensing was formed in 1999 and is jointly owned by Collins Aerospace and Sumitomo Precision Products.  Collins Aerospace can trace its heritage in gyroscopes and inertial sensors back to the Sperry Gyroscope Company, founded in 1913, giving this half of the venture a great depth of expertise in inertial systems and their deployment in real-world applications. Sumitomo Precision Products, based in Amagasaki, Japan, brings unique expertise in silicon MEMS fabrication.