Tag: FOG GNSS/INS

With low-cost GPS jamming and spoofing technologies becoming widely available, relying solely on GPS for navigation has become an increasingly risky option for armored combat vehicles. Despite the dangers, many defense fleets around the world remain ill-equipped to navigate effectively through contested environments where GPS is compromised.

Space Machines Company has launched Optimus, an orbital service vehicle (OSV) equipped with Advanced Navigation’s Boreas X90 INS, into space.

As the use of autonomous systems continues to grow, the importance of their ease of integration cannot be overstated. This refers to how seamlessly a system can be integrated into a vehicle or platform, both physically and electronically.

Australia, 7th December 2023 – Advanced Navigation, a global leader in AI robotics and navigation technology, has been awarded a grant by the Australian Department of Defence to advance the nation’s domestic manufacturing capability for photonic chips.

Advanced Navigation expands Boreas range of digital fibre-optic gyroscopes with new A Series products (A70 and A90).

The gyroscope most likely began existence as a simple children’s toy – a “spinning top”. It is difficult to speculate who, when and where first discovered this seemingly gravity defying wonder, however, it has endured the ages and has ended up becoming an intrinsic part of human navigation.

A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) consists of a constellation of satellites orbiting the Earth in very specific trajectories. For global coverage, it is estimated that a constellation requires 18 to 30 satellites. Navigation satellites provide orbit information and accurate timing (and other services) to radio receivers specifically designed to receive those satellite signals and decode the signal message contents.

Ultrabeam chooses Spatial FOG Dual GNSS INS for their acclaimed amphibious hydrographic survey anywhere vehicle, Axolotl.

An inertial navigation system, commonly known as an INS, is an electronic system that uses a variety of environmental sensors that are able to detect and measure the change in motion of an object. Using sensor data, an inertial navigation system can determine the position of the vehicle or object relative to its starting point.

The measurement of motion, specifically, acceleration, rotation and velocity, is essential to understanding the orientation of an object. It is also broadly applicable to many applications; for example, production line machines, robotic devices, vehicles, autonomous systems, gimbals, machine tools, and even robotic prosthetics.