Accurate navigation and machine control, including 3D location control of road laying equipment; and navigating the teeth on a digger bucket to enable level benches to be cut and profiles to be maintained.
Road surface wear measurement at normal traffic speed.
Trajectory surveying for faster production of cut and fill requirements.
Deformation monitoring
Dam and bridge deformation monitoring.
Vehicle performance measurement
Vehicle dynamics sensors for use in ABS brake development, steering, stability control, inter-vehicle distance measurement and tyre performance.
Military and emergency services
Position control of robotic vehicles.
Tracking manipulator arms.
Positioning of assets in hazardous areas.
Mine-field mapping and automated clearance.
Stock control and asset management
Optimisation of open-air stock yards, including container parks, through precision location of transporting machinery.
Sea
Civil and Military Navigation
Dynamic positioning – keeping a vessel stationary despite currents and weather conditions.
Replenishment at sea – relative navigation.
Ship handling in confined water.
Automatic Identification System (AIS).
Survey Navigation
Hydrographic surveying with real time tide correction.
Control of dredger cutter head position.
Placement of underwater structures.
Air
Trajectory tracking in three dimensions.
Range instrumentation (position and precise time).
External navigation aid calibration.
Flight Management System verification.
Airframe flexing measurement.
Control of Unmanned Air Vehicles, both autonomous and remotely piloted.