Maritime technology and robotics firm Exail has launched a new inertial navigation system for amphibious vehicles which does not need resetting during sea/land transitions.
When satellite positioning data is unavailable its new Advans Vega SL helps maintain continuous positioning and fire control readiness without reconfiguration, as per a company press statement.
It noted: “In contested littoral environments, maintaining reliable navigation across the sea-to-land transition remains a persistent challenge for amphibious forces.”
It added: “In the event of GNSS jamming, spoofing, or signal unavailability, the Advans Vega SL operates independently of any external signal from vessel departure to shore.”
The firm’s Business Development Manager for Land Defence Yann Le Balc’h commented: “GNSS signal denial is now an operational assumption in any amphibious and littoral combat planning.
“The Advans Vega SL removes satellite dependency at the most exposed phase of an amphibious operation, giving forces the autonomy to project ashore on their own terms.”
The company claims Advans Vega SL offers class-leading navigation precision among sea-to-land transition systems, achieving 0.05° RMS (root mean square) heading accuracy in the maritime phase and 0.5 mils RMS on land.
RMS is a way of expressing the variability of a measurement by summing the squares of the errors, dividing by the number of observations, and taking the square root.
- You can read more details on the Exail website