UrsaNav™ is globally known and respected as the subject matter experts, industry leaders, makers of the market, and the most seasoned team for Low-Frequency PNT solutions. We like to simply say, the numbers tell our story.
Our personnel have considerable experience in program and project management, operations, engineering, training, organizational- and depot-level life-cycle support. Our expertise includes OMEGA; Loran-C; Loran-D; Enhanced Loran (eLoran); LFPhoenix™; Maritime, Nationwide, and High-Accuracy DGPS; and LF, VLF, MF, and HF broadcast solutions.
If you are considering a new or upgraded Low-Frequency PNT solution, we can provide every aspect of the provider or user experience, from Legacy System Transformation through advanced LFPhoenix™ systems.
A few of the historical successes to which our staff has contributed:
· Designed, developed, installed, and tested an eLoran Transmission system at a temporary location near Incheon, ROK.
· Experience with the Chinese Loran and Russian Chayka systems.
· Extensive experience with the Far East Radio Navigation Service (FERNS)
· Extensive experience with the former Northern European Loran System (NELS).
· Significant experience with all models of Tube-Type Transmitters (TTX), government Solid-State Transmitters (SSX), commercial SSX (Accufix 6500), new SSX (NSSX) (Accufix 7500), and Nautel NL Series Loran transmitters.
· Provided technology for, and was part of the FAA’s Mid-Continent Expansion Program (Havre, MT; Gillette, WY; Las Cruces, NM; Boise City, OK; TRACEN Petaluma, CA.)
· Provided technology for, and was part of the original SSX Installation Program (Wildwood, NJ; Seneca, NY; Malone, FL; Grangeville, LA; Raymondville, TX; Port Hardy, BC).
· Provided technology for, and was part of the Canadian SSX Modernization Program (Fox Harbour, NL; Comfort Cove, NL; Cape Race, NL).
· Modernized and upgraded 14 LORSTAs in the United States, Italy, Guam, and Canada.
· Conducted the first Eurofix tests in the United States.
· Relocation of LORSTA Yap to Guam.
· Conversion of the Air Transportable Loran-C System (ATLS) technology in Lampedusa, Italy to fixed site technology, including a new transmission building.
· Developed the Control Center, Monitor Site, and LORSTA upgrades for the North American Loran system (29 LORSTAs; 30 Monitor Sites; five Control Centers; Training Center, California; Navigation Center, Virginia; Navigation Center, California; Supply Center, Maryland; and Loran Support Unit, New Jersey).
· First Program Manager for Congressionally Mandated $160+M Loran Modernization and Upgrade Program – developed the road map for the Program; designed and developed all the technology upgrades for the Program.· Modernized, upgraded, repurposed, relocated and/or combined six North American Control Sites into two.
· Provided technology for, and was part of the East Coast Loran Modernization Program (Caribou, ME; Nantucket, MA; Carolina Beach, NC; Jupiter, FL; Baudette, MN).
· Managed the Locus LAD LRS IIID receiver development program.
· Performed new ground-up installations at eight Loran Stations (LORSTAs). Successfully completed the first-ever “side-by-side” equipment replacements at six LORSTAs.
· Development of the first eLoran timing receivers to meet stringent telecommunications requirements.
· Co-development of the first Loran Data Channel techniques. Supported the original Loran data transmission techniques known as Clarinet Pilgrim and Two-Pulse Communications.
· Management of the Timing and Frequency Equipment development program that became a contract with Timing Solutions Corporation.
What UrsaNav™ brings to every project:
Our roots extend from the early 1970’s. We have the most experience and expertise, both in the past and today. Recent entrants, or re-entrants, into the LF PNT market have web sites that repost articles and news developed by others, tout expertise in other markets, or claim unproven technology. UrsaNav’s staff have been fully engaged in remaking the global markets for Loran since 1994, when the U.S. Government initially announced that Loran-C would be terminated at the end of 2000. Yes, 2000 – that’s not a typo.
We are committed to improving the operational capabilities of our signal provider and end-user customers. We excel at bringing all the resources together in a collaborative fashion: customers, users, vendors, and academia. We ensure that we approach every opportunity with the goal of turning problems into solutions and ideas into execution. We deliver an uncompromising level of product and services quality.
Our company is not just a provider of leading-edge technological solutions. We are a global partner for governments, federal and military, and critical infrastructure providers looking to ensure the safety and security of their citizens and economies.