BAE Systems has begun production and initial deliveries of its NavGuide GPS receiver, a portable M-Code GPS receiver intended to replace the Defense Advanced GPS Receiver after more than 20 years in service, according to the company.
More than 650,000 DAGR units have been deployed globally since 2004. NavGuide is designed as a direct replacement, backwards compatible with existing DAGR installations and requiring no changes to existing cables, mounts or vehicle software. BAE Systems said it had integrated the receiver on over 30 existing vehicle platforms with an average installation time of under two minutes.
Luke Bishop, director of Navigation and Sensor Systems at BAE Systems, said NavGuide gave warfighters “the precise positioning data and situational-awareness tools they need to stay effective in modern, contested, multi-domain operations.”
The receiver uses the M-Code GPS signal, which offers improved resistance to jamming and spoofing compared to older GPS signals, and includes a full-colour user interface with waypoint navigation and a moving-map display. It is available to US armed forces and to allied nations via foreign military sales.
BAE Systems confirmed it would continue to support legacy DAGR units. The company manufactures its military GPS products at its facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
How did we all function before Sat Navs ?
(civilian versions not this particular device)
Paper maps, Written instructions and sometimes crude drawings of the route 🙂 I once drove back from the west coast of Wales with none of those things and ended up on the M1 only 10 miles from home by keeping the sun to my right… Navigation in the UK isn’t hard though, We are a small place with a lot of sign posts.