StarNav to Fly new PNT Technology on T-38 Jet
EDWARDS, California –StarNav has been competitively selected to conduct test flights of their new position, navigation, and timing (PNT) products on a U.S. Air Force T-38 jet by the Test Pilot School (TPS) at Edwards Air Force Base. StarNav’s PNT product test will serve as one of four projects for the Class 22B Test Management Project (TMP). The project will officially start around Oct 2022, fly in Mar 2023, and complete in Jun 2023.
StarNav is a Riverside, California-based startup developing software-defined radio (SDR) platforms that deploy cutting-edge techniques to enhance GPS reliability and leverage radio signals of opportunity as a supplement or backup to GPS. These supplement signals include terrestrial transmitted signals, such as cellular and television, and satellite transmitted signals, such as communication and internet. StarNav utilizes special analog and digital signal processing designs to extract PNT information from multiple signal types, all from a single product.
“StarNav is excited to participate in a project that both demonstrates our technology on a jet platform and allows us to work side by side with U.S. Air Force end users,” said Joshua Morales, Chief Executive Officer of StarNav. “These projects allow us to better understand DoD end-user needs and requirements. In the end, U.S. military officers get hands-on experience with new PNT products and StarNav obtains useful test data, which allows us to deliver products that better address the DoD’s PNT pain points; a win-win for everyone.”
Contact StarNav to learn more about their PNT products and services.
About StarNav LLC
StarNav develops specialized front ends and receivers that convert ambient radio signals into PNT information to enhance intelligent system reliability. Whether a radio signal was transmitted for communication, internet, or PNT, StarNav’s products can leverage them using a single patent-pending product to provide PNT redundancy for safe system operation. Learn more at www.starnav.io or follow StarNav on LinkedIn @StarNav.
About TPS at Edwards AFB
The United States Air Force Test Pilot School (USAF TPS) is where the Air Force’s top pilots, navigators and engineers learn how to conduct flight test and generate the data needed to carry out test missions. Human lives and millions of dollars depend upon how carefully a test mission is planned and flown. It is obvious that in the world of flight testing, there simply is no room for “second best.” That is why the Air Force Test Pilot School (TPS) takes such pains to make certain that its graduates are the equal to any in their profession. Learn more at https://www.edwards.af.mil/units/usaftps/
