Solved: Precision Navigation And Timing Without GPS

Avtec's Advanced Time Transfer Solutions Make It Possible

PRECISE LOCATION AND TIMING: AN INCREASINGLY CRITICAL TACTICAL ADVANTAGE
Precise location and timing information, available in real-time, will be a prerequisite for effective force application in future military operations. As "sensor-to-shooter" capabilities mature, thereby accelerating ops tempo and the weapons-delivery cycle, updated targeting data will ensure the "precision" in precision-guided munitions (PGMs) and smaller target acquisition and launch errors for interceptors under ever-shortening information distribution cycles. These tactical advantages will, in turn, add confidence to the planning process, efficiency of force and weapons allocation, and effectiveness in overall operations.

THE USUAL SOLUTION: SPACE-BASED NAVIGATION AND TIMING
Space-based navigation systems provide three-dimensional positioning data and a standard timing source to military, civil and commercial users worldwide, 24 hours a day. Today, the Global Positioning System (GPS) provides nearly worldwide coverage and constitutes a national asset.

THE CHALLENGE: LOCATION AND TIMING IN GPS-DENIED ENVIRONMENTS
Precision navigation and timing provide targeting and geolocation information critical to coordinated and accurate force application by any platform in any medium.  Unfortunately, in the theater -- when precision location and timing information is most crucial to warfighters -- GPS cannot be relied upon.  Avtec's advanced time transfer solutions make it possible for new or existing systems to achieve exact time synchronization and target location without GPS. Why is this important? When it comes to precision location and timing, there are no "do-overs." 

Relevant Avtec solution areas include:

• Real-time geolocation and timing
• Real-time radar and communications signal processing
• Passive, bistatic processing techniques
• Telemetry and data link considerations
• Low-probability-of-intercept signals
• Modeling, simulation and analysis tools supporting COEA