NavCom Teams Teams with I.T.S. Corporation to Win Contract
NavCom Technology, Inc. announced that they have teamed with I.T.S. Corporation (ITS) to win the award of a multi-year contract to provide the U. S. Navy, Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVOCEANO) with an integrated Real Time Kinematic (RTK) and Satellite Based Augmentation (SBAS) Global Positioning System (GPS) for inshore hydrographic and offshore oceanographic vessels. The award was made under the ITS’s General Services Administration’s (GSA) ANSWER contract. The initial task order under the GSA ANSWER contract is to deliver 13 systems with options for 16 additional systems in the years following.
The basis of the solution is the StarFire Network.
In addition to the shipboard units, NavCom will supply portable RTK base stations, which can be deployed onshore from the survey vessel and left unattended for up to 30 days operating off solar cells. The result is a more efficient, accurate, cost-effective method of precise positioning for maritime hydrographic and geodetic surveys resulting in increased productivity, reduced labor and training costs as well as superior precision.
