MOU for NovAtel to acquire CMC's GPS OEM product line

Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

ISSN: 0002-2667

Article publication date: 1 August 2003

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(2003), "MOU for NovAtel to acquire CMC's GPS OEM product line", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 75 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2003.12775dab.019

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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MOU for NovAtel to acquire CMC's GPS OEM product line

MOU for NovAtel to acquire CMC's GPS OEM product line

CMC Electronics Inc. and its subsidiary, NovAtel Inc., has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) pertaining to NovAtel's acquisition of CMC Electronics' global positioning system (GPS) original equipment manufacturer (OEM) product line. The target date for actual transfer of the business is early April 2003.

CMC Electronics' GPS OEM product line consists of three GPS engines, which use the LI frequency band, known as the Superstar I, the Superstar II and the Allstar. The product line also includes three different enclosures known as the Starbox, Navistar and Smart Antenna series, along with development kits, and various accessories. In addition to the hardware variants, the LI product line offers software variations for wide area augmentation system (WAAS) corrections, base stations, timing applications and high-quality LI carrier phase outputs.

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