Exelis, UrsaNav, USCG research eLORAN
Exelis, UrsaNav, the US Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate have entered into an agreement to test and demonstrate eLORAN, Exelis announced on 22 May.
The Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) will see the team test and demonstrate eLORAN at former LORAN-C sites. These sites have the infrastructure of the decommissioned LORAN-C ground-based radio navigation service, with the capacity to be retained and upgraded for providing the eLORAN low frequency service.
The team will evaluate eLORAN as a possible complimentary system to the GPS system used widely in the US. The potential utilisation and capabilities of this service will be explored in-depth, and its potential vulnerabilities, capacities and strengths will be identified.
Under the CRADA, Exelis will use the LORAN-C sites to transmit eLORAN signals and research, test and demonstrate eLORAN's ability to meet the Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) requirements of government and private critical infrastructure. Exelis will first broadcast signals from the station in Wildwood, New Jersey, with a usable range of up to 1,000 miles.
Ed Sayadian, vice president of civil and aerospace systems, Exelis, said: 'eLORAN is an ideal technology to complement GPS for critical, resilient and assured PNT.
'eLORAN is a difficult to disrupt technology that offers PNT and wide area broadcast data capabilities indoors, in underground locations and other GPS-denied environments.'
Chuck Schue, president and CEO, UrsaNav, said: 'A preponderance of government, academic, and industry reports have concluded that eLORAN is the best independent, multi-modal solution to provide assured PNT as a complement to GPS.'
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