KVH Industries, Inc. Integrates Photonic Chip Technology into Its High-Precision Fiber Optic Gyro Products
January 03, 2019 at 01:00 pm
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KVH Industries, Inc. announced that it has integrated its photonic chip technology into its high-precision fiber optic gyro (FOG) products and began delivering working prototypes of a new Photonic Gyro IMU to select leading automotive customers in late December. Developed by KVH engineers working in Tinley Park, Illinois, and Middletown, Rhode Island, the photonic chip technology is designed to enable the centimeter-level localization accuracy that autonomous vehicle developers have indicated is a requirement.
KVH Industries, Inc. is a provider of technology-driven connectivity solutions to primarily maritime customers globally. The Company provides global high-speed Internet and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services via satellite to mobile users at sea and on land. It is also a provider of commercially licensed entertainment, including news, sports, music, and movies, to commercial customers in the maritime and hotel markets, along with supplemental value-added cybersecurity, email, and crew Internet services. It provides integrated, end-to-end services, software, and hardware that support its customersâ need for access to the Internet, VoIP, operations content, and entertainment services while on the move. The Company also manufactures in-motion, stabilized antennas that provide receive-only satellite television services. The Company also offers variety of value-added services to its maritime customers as well as news content to its hotel customers.