Inertial Labs Releases U-Blox Based, Low-Cost GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System, INS-DU with Accurate Positioning and Dual Antenna Heading.
The new INS-DU delivers high accuracy RTK position for Air, Land, and Marine Applications.
Paeonian Springs, VA: The new INS-DU is a high performance strapdown system that determines position, velocity, and absolute orientation to any platform that it is mounted to. It utilizes a cost-effective, dual antenna U-Blox GNSS receiver that provides 1 cm RTK position from RTCM3 RTK corrections and supports a wide range of GNSS constellations. Designed for UAVs, Land Vehicles, and Marine Vessels, the INS-DU is an effective, low-cost solution that uses a range of aiding data for different applications. With highly accurate navigation in GNSS-denied environments, the INS-DU delivers a comprehensive GNSS-denied solution at a significantly lower price point.
One of the key elements to the success of the INS-DU is its use of the miniAHRS, which utilizes 3-axes each of precision magnetometers, accelerometers, and gyroscopes to provide orientation of the device under measure. It contains cutting-edge algorithms for the motion of robots, unmanned and autonomous vehicles, and antennas. MiniAHRS mini fluxgate magnetometers have a distinct advantage over commonly used magneto-inductive or magneto-resistive alternatives and have been a trusted North reference for over 70 years.
The INS-DU provides a full navigation solution for both GNSS and GNSS-denied environments at an unparalleled value. With custom interfaces and a power consumption of two and a half of a Watts, the INS-DU is a versatile solution fit for a wide variety of users with power consumption restrictions. In addition, the INS-DU contains our on-board sensor fusion filter, state of the art navigation, and guidance algorithms and calibration software.
Inertial Labs, already the leader in position and orientation sensor technologies, is growing its catalog of innovative solutions at the best value, smallest size, and lowest power consumption in their class. From commerce and industry to government, defense, and aerospace, Inertial Labs is at the forefront of developing and customizing products for exciting technologies, solving today’s problems, and unraveling those of tomorrow.
About Inertial Labs
Established in 2001, Inertial Labs is the leader in position and orientation technologies for both commercial/industrial and aerospace/defense applications. With a worldwide distributor & representative network covering 20+ countries across 6 continents, a standard product offering that spans from Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) up to full GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation Systems (INS), and an application breadth that covers Land, Air, and Sea; Inertial Labs covers the gambit of inertial technologies.
www.inertiallabs.com
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We are delighted to announce that the Fujitsu Future Support Challenge Competition has been re-opened. The competition will be running to an adjusted timeline and format taking into account limitations on face to face events.
Now in its 11th year the Fujitsu Future Support Challenge Competition seeks to encourage innovative thought from across the Logistics community.
We were delighted to host the winning team from the 2019 Competition in November. Their solution addressed the lack of automated tools to analyse inventory usage and forecasting future consumption requirements. The key stakeholders and winning team took part and after their DTC co-creation workshop the solution, involving the use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, is now being progressed towards a pilot phase.
The 2020/2021 Challenge:
This year we have provided a choice of questions that we hope will generate interesting, innovative and achievable responses:
a. How would you generate Defence Support Network (DSN) survivability* set against likely future challenges to maintain the advantage over our adversaries? Describe your idea, what it might cost, the resources it would require and when it could be operationalised?* including any potential forms of resilience measure.
b. What steps can Defence take now to deliver early wins regarding the Government-led Green Energy and Net Zero 50 Agendas. Describe a DSN-focussed initiative that you would implement, how it would work, what associated benefits it would deliver, what it would cost, how quickly it could be implemented and the challenges that you would need to overcome to ensure success?
Please send your proposal to the email address below. You may use but are not limited to the Project Initiation Document and/or short Business Case proforma (copies can be downloaded below),noting that both provide a useful indication of the elements that the submission will be assessed against, with a view to developing your idea further through Fujitsu’s Digital Technology Centre. Your proposal can be tactical to strategic in nature, but should include consideration of how it would mesh with a digitally-enabled, more automated DSN. In order to generate useful efficiencies, reduce risk and error rates whilst also assuring improving support agility, velocity and resilience.
Send your submission via email to [email protected] by 5pm on 26th February 2021. Teams are limited to 5 people. Open to all Armed Forces Personnel and MOD Civil Servants.
Cash prizes will be allocated as stated below.
1st place team – £5,0002nd place team – £10003rd place team – £500
Rear Admiral Andy Kyte, ACDS (Log Ops)
“This is a great opportunity to seek your ideas on how you think we could address some of our near and longer-term Defence Support Challenges. Today, we are already operating in a contested environment where the difficulty of assuring support to current and future operations continues to grow, both in terms of the threats that we must overcome and the pressing need to create a resilient and sustainable future Defence Support Network. Your experience, expertise and ideas are an essential resource that we must exploit and the Fujitsu Support Challenge competition offers an ideal platform to achieve this. With the recent appointment of the Chief of Defence Logistics and Support we have an opportunity to further leverage your inputs and effect real change. I encourage all personnel to embrace this initiative and the potential rewards that it offers.”
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