Advanced Navigation will supply 138 Boreas D70 digital fibre-optic gyroscope inertial navigation system (pictured) for the Australian Army's Redback infantry fighting vehicles being built by Hanwha Defence Australia. (Advanced Navigation)
New South Wales-based Advanced Navigation has secured an AUD8.7 million (USD5.9 million) contract from Hanwha Defence Australia (HDA) to supply navigation systems for the Redback infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) being built for the Australian Army.
Under the contract, Advanced Navigation will deliver 138 Boreas D70 digital fibre-optic gyroscope (DFOG) inertial navigation system (INS) for the Redback IFVs, the company announced on 23 September.
HDA is building 129 Redbacks for the Australian Army under the Australian Department of Defence's (DoD's) Land 400 Phase 3 programme. HDA secured a contract worth USD2.4 billion from the DoD in December 2023 to deliver these Redbacks to the Australian Army by 2029.
Advanced Navigation said, “[Boreas D70] is particularly valuable in contested environments where the accuracy or availability of global navigation satellite services (GNSS) cannot be guaranteed.”
“In such situations, inertial navigation becomes the sole source for directional guidance, providing vehicles with the independent control, situational awareness, and positioning critical to staying operational,” Advanced Navigation added.
According to the company, Boreas D70 uses DFOG technology, with closed-loop accelerometers, a dual-antenna real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning GNSS receiver, and an artificial intelligence (AI)-based fusion algorithm to deliver accurate and reliable navigation and orientation to military systems.
Boreas D70 also has an “ultra-fast gyrocompassing heading” that works under different conditions and does not require the GNSS receiver for operation, Advanced Navigation said. Boreas D70 features 0.01° roll and pitch, 0.1° seclat latitude heading (gyrocompass), 0.01°/h bias instability, and 10 mm position accuracy, the company added.
Advanced Navigation and HDA had not responded to Janes
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