News Articles with Category: Navigation
September 24, 2014 – via Advanced Navigation
The antenna is lightweight, compact, corrosion resistant and able to withstand depths of up to 3000 metres.
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May 31, 2014 – via Teledyne TSS
Saturn is a completely new fibre optic-based range of inertial navigation, and attitude and heading reference systems developed and manufactured in the UK by Teledyne TSS. The system uses the latest developments in FOG (Fibre Optic Gyro) technology combined with advanced thermal calibration techniques that enable the company to claim new performance and price benchmarks for systems of this type.
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May 26, 2014 – via Greensea Systems
Greensea provides software that helps undersea vehicles navigate in a world where there are no GPS signals. Underwater, the software calculates the position by combining a variety of measurements from different sensors.
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May 22, 2014 – via Imperial College London
The quantum accelerometer provides a much more accurate reading by measuring the force applied to individual atoms. A laser cools the atoms to near absolute zero, effectively freezing them in position and allowing another laser to measure any changes in the atoms caused by acceleration.
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May 15, 2014 – via Electronics Weekly
Once we have understood the first generations, we’ll start to miniaturise it for other applications
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May 12, 2014 – via MOOG
The GNC1000 includes a user configurable PowerPC based platform with flexible I/O for hosting higher level vehicle functionality including flight control laws and a multi-function autopilot.
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March 12, 2014 – via iXBlue
Sparse array positioning, embedded computing, and third party transponder interoperability enhance industry-leading product advantages
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March 11, 2014 – via Teledyne TSS
The Saturn family is based upon fibre-optic technology developed and manufactured by Teledyne TSS. The family also incorporates advanced digital signal processing and algorithm design to deliver a highly accurate and reliable product to meet the demanding needs of the marine market. All units are compact, lightweight in both air and water and provide a unique alternative to competitive products.
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February 3, 2014 – via SBG Systems
SBG Systems releases the Ekinox Subsea Series at SUBSEA EXPO (UK). Ekinox Subsea Series is a product family of survey-grade inertial systems designed for underwater applications – up to 6,000m.
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April 10, 2013 – via Linux.com
Instead of sending raw sensor data, Regulus can analyze and summarize the data onboard. For example, if the craft is carrying a hydrophone to listen underwater, and if customers can’t wait to retrieve the recordings later, Regulus can instantly report key findings.
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April 8, 2013 – via Army Research Laboratory
Quantum sensing using laser cooled atoms shows promising future for Army navigation and detection
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April 4, 2013 – via iXBlue
The enhancements make GAPS-NG compatible with more underwater transponders and easier to interface with a variety of peripheral systems and sensors.
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January 21, 2013 – via Kraken Sonar Systems
The funding will be applied to the development of AquaTrak™ – a new Correlation Velocity Log (CVL) designed for underwater navigation. AquaTrak™ will be used to measure the speed over ground of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) and can also be used for high resolution current profiling.
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November 16, 2012 – via Drexel University
Hsieh’s project aims to understand how current patterns can improve autonomous underwater robotic navigation. She wants to discover ways to use currents to form fuel-efficient paths for underwater robots.
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October 7, 2012 – via Military and Aerospace Electronics
Navigation and Timekeeping Technology program seeks to develop a small, portable quantum physics-based gravimeter/accelerometer for underwater navigation application; a bathymetric underwater navigation device by sonar and light detection and ranging (lidar); and precise navigation in littoral sub-surface and surface navigation using various sensors such as sonar, radar, and lidar.
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June 28, 2012 – via KCF Technologies
A tether-based underwater positioning system for a variety of underwater applications including positioning vehicles in mine countermeasure applications.
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June 17, 2012 – via Military and Aerospace Electronics
DARPA released a broad agency announcement (DARPA-BAA-12-45) last week for the second phase of the All Source Positioning and Navigation (ASPN) program, which seeks to develop algorithms and a prototype sensor-fusion system to enable low cost navigation for military users on any operational platform and in any environment, with or without GPS.
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May 25, 2012 – via Bartington Instruments
Bartington Instruments’ low noise Mag648 magnetometer is being used to assist underwater gliders in navigating beneath the icecap.
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April 18, 2012 – via Military and Aerospace Electronics
Navigation and guidance experts at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are trying to reduce the military’s reliance on Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite guidance for advanced munitions, mid- and long-range missiles, and other weapons by creating a navigation-system-on-a-chip that combines traditional and atomic inertial guidance technology.
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April 16, 2012 – via NOAA
The new online data viewer compiles sea floor data from the near shore to the deep blue, including the latest high-resolution bathymetric (sea bottom) data collected by NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey primarily to support nautical charting.
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February 28, 2012 – via WCAX.com
“The ability to put a vehicle down miles and miles in the water and know very accurately its location and geo-reference coordinates, like latitude and longitude, is really powerful. It’s something that was absolutely not available say a few years ago for practical and commercial application,”
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February 7, 2012 – via Military and Aerospace Electronics
Navigation and guidance researchers at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are asking test and measurement experts at the Honeywell Aerospace Microelectronics & Precision Sensors segment in Plymouth, Minn., develop a universal testing platform for advanced miniature gyroscopes under development for smart munitions, ships, vehicles, aircraft, infantry soldiers, and ocean divers.
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December 27, 2011 – via University of Porto
Papers Due 15 Jan 2011
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November 8, 2011 – via MIT
You want to place the AUV at an unknown location in an unknown environment and, using only data from its acoustic sensors, let it incrementally build a map while at the same time determining its location on the map,”
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November 1, 2011 – via Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
A workshop on navigation, guidance and control of underwater vehicles will take place from 10 to 12 April 2012 in Porto, Portugal.
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November 1, 2011 – via Sonardyne
The WSM6 is designed for positioning ROVs, towfish and other mobile targets in water depths of up to 4,000 metres. Reliable, robust and compact, the new transponder is based upon field proven WSM mechanics and is available in MF Directional and MF Omni-Directional versions to suit a wide range of operational scenarios.
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January 9, 2011 – via Military Aerospace
The Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) in Bethesda, Md., issued a sources-sought notice (solicitation number N00167XXXXXXX) last week for the Passive Radio Frequency Identification Technology/Hardware program.
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