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  • Hexagon releases platform for defense mobile apps

    Hexagon releases platform for defense mobile apps

    Image: Hexagon
    Image: Hexagon

    Hexagon’s Safety, Infrastructure & Geospatial division has released for Android defense applications. The platform is designed for the development of mobile applications for dismounted soldiers in the field. 

    With LuciadCPillar, developers can build applications with 2D and 3D views. It features military symbology and supports many geospatial data types including vector data, raster data, elevation data, point clouds and 3D meshes. It has the same capabilities found in desktops, in-vehicle and browser applications built with LuciadLightspeed, LuciadCPillar and LuciadRIA. 

    The platform offers capabilities to match high-resolution screens, graphic processing units and multi-core processors including the ability to display 3D data in mobile applications. LuciadCPillar supports ARM processors and an application programming interface, which aligns with the Android developer experience. 

    Impact, a French system integrator, partnered with Hexagon to test LuciadCPillar and will integrate it into its Delta Suite product, which is used by the French Special Operations Command.  

    LuciadCPillar is part of Luciad 2022.1, which is available now globally.  

  • VectorNav introduces miniature IMU and GNSS/INS product line

    VectorNav introduces miniature IMU and GNSS/INS product line

    Tactical Embedded series of GNSS/IMUs. (Photo: VectorNav)
    Tactical Embedded series of GNSS/IMUs. (Photo: VectorNav)

    Embedded navigation company VectorNav Technologies has introduced a new line of inertial products: the VectorNav Tactical Embedded series of GNSS/IMUs.

    Featuring a tactical-grade inertial measurement unit (IMU) and a multi-band GNSS receivers, the Tactical Embedded delivers milliradian attitude accuracy and centimeter-level positioning capability in a miniature 15-gram package.

    VectorNav’s Tactical Embedded line is in a new smaller size, and enables cost reductions for a wide range of autonomous pointing and geo-referencing applications. These include gimballed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), SATCOM systems, lidar mapping and photogrammetry, among many others.

    The Tactical Embedded line supports external SAASM GPS for defense applications in ISR, electronic warfare, munitions and UAV navigation.

    “The Tactical Embedded is the culmination of years of development to bring milliradian-level attitude performance and robust positioning into a form factor that represents a disruptive step in inertial navigation capability,” said VectorNav President John Brashear. “Systems integrators worldwide can now embed tactical-grade inertial navigation capabilities into their electronics, unlocking a range of new applications and possibilities.”

    Designed and engineered at VectorNav’s AS9100-certified facility in Dallas, Texas, the Tactical Embedded line includes the VN-110E IMU/AHRS, the VN-210E GNSS-aided inertial navigation system (INS), and the VN-310E Dual Antenna GNSS/INS.

    Highlights include:

    • 0.05-0.1° heading; 0.015° pitch and roll
    • 1 m horizontal and 1.5 m vertical position accuracy
    • 1 cm RTK positioning accuracy
    • < 1°/hr gyro in-run bias; < 10 μg accel in-run bias
    • 184 channel, L1/L2/E1/E5b GNSS receiver
    • Support for external RTK, PPK and SAASM GPS
    • High update rates (800 Hz IMU; 400 Hz Nav)
    • Miniature footprint: (< 15 grams; 31 x 31 x 11 mm)
    • Low power: < 480 mA @ 3.3 V

    The Tactical Embedded line is available for purchase now and ships within two weeks.