Raytheon Systems claims it will reduce the cost of deploying GPS anti-jamming technology and bring its benefits to a new group of customers with the launch of Pagan - a mini GPS anti-jam antenna.
GAS-1, the company's innovative global positioning system (GPS) antenna system, awarded Millennium Product status by the UK government in 1998 for its novel and innovative design, has been in operation with the US Air Force for the past year.
Raytheon Systems claims that once produced in volume it can supply Pagan for mass deployment at under $15,000, half the cost of the current application. The compact design should mean a market of new users will be able to use the anti-jamming technology. It sees major opportunities in the future to bring a Pagan version to the civil as well as military market.
It 'conservatively estimates' sales of 3,000 in the next five years but forecasts that number could rise to as many as 10,000.
Pagan has been developed to counter both deliberate attempts to disrupt GPS signals and to take account of naturally occurring interference. It can cope with multiple jamming sources and differentiate between true and unwanted GPS data.
Source: Flight Daily News