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JPO AWARDS GPS KIT CONTRACT TO ALLIED SIGNAL October 3, 1996 Olathe, Kan.-based Allied Signal Avionics Inc. recently won a $1.9 million Navstar GPS Joint Program Office (JPO) contract for 1,685 interim GPS kits to aid situational awareness for military aircrews. Each kit will contain a KLX 100 GPS handheld receiver. The contract is based...

ROCKWELL AG UNIT GRABS $4.5 MILLION CONTRACT October 3, 1996 Rockwell Agriculture Systems [ROK] recently won a $4.5 million contract for a integrated sprayer control systems from Willmar, Minn.-based Willmar Manufacturing. The system integrates GPS through Rockwell’s Vision System. (Teel Salaun, Rockwell, 319/295-8122.)

RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT MONTEK SIGNS DEAL WITH NCAA October 3, 1996 Raytheon Aircraft Montek Co. [RTN] recently signed a deal with the Norwegian Civil Aviation Administration (NCAA) to provide a DGPS Category I precision approach and landing system at Bodo Airport this year. The system, the DIAS-3100, also was developed by Annapolis, Md.-based Arinc. Flight trials...

The GLOBAL POSITIONING & NAVIGATION NEWS Monthly Business Market Forecast is brought to you by the editors of GPNN as an added subscriber benefit. If you have a special need or interest that can be addressed in a future Monthly Business Market Forecast, call Senior Editor Kevin Dennehy at 303/369-3230. SAN FRANCISCO–The worldwide vehicle navigation...

TRAVINFO PROJECT TESTS VEHICLE NAVIGATION UNITS IN BAY AREA October 3, 1996 SAN FRANCISCO–A new federally funded intelligent transportation system (ITS) project will allow companies to assess how mobile information will affect travelers as they commute to work. The project, called TravInfo, was launched this week in the San Francisco Bay Area. Etak Inc., at...

San Dimas, Calif.-based Magellan Systems Corp. named Dean Connor of Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Connor Marketing its consultant to market its GPS 2000. Connor Marketing, which specializes in outdoor products, will market the $199 units to incentive programs, advertising agencies, sales promotion agencies and premium incentive catalogs. There are 10 premium incentive cata logs that grab...

The Panasonic KX-G7001 subscriber communicator has GPS circuitry and antenna that is designed for the Orbcomm low-Earth orbit satellite system. The units, marketed in the U.S. by Panasonic Industrial Co., has data input and output devices. Another company, San Diego-based Torrey Science Corp., is manufacturing a communicator for Orbcomm. (Orbcomm, 703/406-5343.)

Honeywell Inc. [HON] and Pelorus recently showed off its DPGS Satellite Landing System 2000, or SLS-2000, at the Northwest American Association of Airport Executives meeting in Steamboat Springs, Colo. The two companies are trying to market the landing system to airport managers, city officials and local airlines. The SLS-2000 is expected to be the first...

Trimble Navigation [TRMB] recently won a contract from the Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Department in Florida to equipment 70 fire and rescue vehicles with its GPS/AVL Subsystem. In addition, the company sold 1,000 handheld GPS receivers to the British Army. Terms of the contracts were not disclosed. Trimble also put on the market its...

Litton Industries Inc. [LIT] won a $4 million contract to be the navigation component supplier for the German Tornado attack aircraft. The contract, which could have options worth $50 million, will place dual GPS/inertial navigation system units into the aircraft. (Robert Knapp, Litton, 818/598-5907.)