- The company’s technology offers superior navigation experience in comparison to global products
New Delhi. 17 May 2023. After unveiling the vital NavIC (Navigation for Indian Constellation) chip, Bengaluru-based Elena Geo Systems today launched a NavIC navigator, which can be used for precise navigation function in operations related to the railways, land surveys, telecom, laying of telephone lines and oil and gas exploration, at the World Telecom Day here today.
Following its launch, a navigator sample was handed over by to Digital Communication Innovation Square (DCIS) Officer Incharge, Commander (retd) Anurag Vibhuti by Elena Geo Systems Founder and CTO Lieutenant Colonel (retd) V S Velan at Dr Ambedkar International Centre, the venue of today’s programme. The R&D for the NavIC navigator was made possible following a grant to Elena Geo Systems by the DCIS.
The important device developed indigenously by Elena Geo Systems, using the NavIC chip, the navigator will be of particular use in remote areas and has potential to remove user dependence on Google Maps.
Elena Geo Systems Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Lt Col V S Velan, said, “We are extremely proud and delighted to launch India’s first NavIC based handheld navigation device on the occasion of ‘World Telecom Day’. While India is already on the global space communications map, the Elena navigator will enable the country to have its own navigation function which is far superior than existing similar international products.”
“This will be extremely useful during various natural disasters and remote areas where country’s defence forces are operationally active. This can also be used in various departments including telecom, oil & gas, railways, road transport, land surveys etc”, he further added.
Elena Geo Systems’ NavIC chip, which was handed over to Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on April 13, could revolutionise satellite-based navigation in India and abroad and could form the core of Navigation, Positioning and Timing applications in India and beyond. The chip works using NavIC or the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) satellites.
The chip has many cores that service the requirements of signal acquisition, regeneration, processing and the output interface and hence it is has been named as the NavIC processor. This will enable high precision and accuracy for all the three types of application applications such as navigation, positioning and timing, providing India much needed Atma Nirbharata (self-reliance) in this domain. The company has been pursuing advance technologies to manufacture these chips and modules; some of which have been supplied to the Indian Army and some private entities
