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Article: GPS BACKUP ADVANCED BY FITCHBURG FIRM.(TECH)
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- The Capital Times
- Article date:
- March 20, 2003
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Byline: Lynn Welch The Capital Times
You may never use it in your car to find the nearest gas station. But a navigation technology advanced by Locus Inc. in Fitchburg could well provide long-range second tier support that would make travel safer in planes, trains and automobiles.
Locus and its President G. Linn Roth have emerged as a force to continue the Loran C -- Long Range Navigation -- system developed some 60 years ago to provide radio navigation service for U.S. coastal waters.
The firm was recently awarded a $1.5 million contract by the Federal Aviation Administration to further its work to develop a system that combines Loran and ...
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