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| Company Background NAVSYS is a growing, respected firm providing high quality technical products and services in GPS hardware design, systems engineering, systems analysis, and software design. NAVSYS has a standing commitment to provide high quality products and services to both governmental and commercial customers. The company provides specialized GPS products and services for customers by leveraging core technologies, unique technical expertise, innovative engineering approaches, a strong work ethic, and high standards of excellence. Founded in 1986 by Dr. Alison Brown, NAVSYS is dedicated to promoting the use of GPS in a wide variety of commercial and military applications. NAVSYS offers services in three primary areas: Global Positioning Systems, Inertial Navigation Systems, and Communication Systems. The company actively participates with a number of organizations in the design and development of GPS related product lines. The success of NAVSYS can be attributed directly to the highly skilled engineering staff utilized on each project. This highly qualified technical team possesses experience in a variety of areas. Dr. Alison Brown, the company president, has over 25 years of experience with GPS and INS applications. Other senior staff members possess similar qualifications. GPS Innovations The NAVSYS area of technological expertise is described as "GPS innovations" – the use of advanced technology and novel system architectures to improve on conventional GPS equipment and methods for specific market applications. The technology that has been developed is broad and is protected by both patents and trade secrets. NAVSYS is leveraging its technology base through a combination of product sales, service operations, and licensing. NAVSYS facilities consist of nearly 25,000 sq. ft. of office, engineering, and laboratory space located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The facilities meet all applicable federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations. NAVSYS operates a fully networked corporate computer environment. To support the needs of the users, ranging from internal corporate communications to software development and analysis, NAVSYS has a dedicated and certified IT staff for all information systems activities including, configuration control, software and hardware installation and upgrades, network and communications systems, and normal day-to-day operations. To ensure positive control and availability, NAVSYS also operates and administers its own Internet services including Web (www.navsys.com), email, and FTP server capabilities.
NAVSYS CAE/CAD tools include Xilinx ISE (for design and programming of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) at sizes in the millions of gates), Synplify, ModelSim PE, and ChipScope for firmware development, VHDL coding language, ORCAD Schematic Capture and Layout, PSpice circuit simulation, and AutoCAD and SolidWorks for mechanical drawing. Electronic assembly capability includes fine pitch surface mount and microstrip circuit fabrication, as well as the traditional through-hole and wire-wrap techniques. In-house board designs include up to 16-layer designs with 4-mil trace widths and spacing, and use of Ball Grid Array (BGA) technology. PCI, CompactPCI (CPCI) and PC-104 board formats are standard. The NAVSYS Lab is fully ESD-equipped, with 3M conductive flooring, 35 static dissipative work stations installed with constant wrist-strap monitoring, ionizers, and humidity control. Circuit assembly and repair is performed at ESD-safe soldering stations, including a Pace PRC surface mount assembly station. Leica and Meiji stereo microscopes and an ultrasonic cleaner are used for the majority of circuit assembly. NAVSYS is located at 14960 Woodcarver Road, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80921. (Directions to NAVSYS) The main telephone number is 719.481.4877. Corporate Structure The company is organized into two internal divisions: the R&D Division maintains corporate responsibility and is focused on continued research activities; the Product Division is responsible for promoting product sales based on prior research activities.
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To
ensure all efforts can be fully supported at all times, NAVSYS has
5,000 square feet of dedicated hardware development laboratory equipped
with state-of-the-art RF/microwave and digital test equipment, as
well as electronic assembly equipment. These include a vector network
analyzer, high-performance spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, frequency
synthesizers, function generators, logic analyzers, precision voltmeters,
CPCI and PCI bus analyzers, and power supplies. The equipment has
the capability to test and evaluate RF and microwave systems. NAVSYS
has established and maintains a close business and geographical
relationship with the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
for the use of their anechoic chamber, with a test capability of
up to 30 GHz. It is available on an as-needed/rental basis at the
University's Electromagnetics Laboratory. NAVSYS also maintains
in-house a GPS signal simulation capability and a number of GPS
receivers that are also available for use as reference receivers,
along with a variety of GPS antennas and antenna arrays.