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TRIMBLE Naviation Ltd. now offers a complete line of GPS navigation receivers which span the aviation markets from major airlines, to corporate and business aviation, military operators, and general aviation including kit aircraft and gliders.

To describe new technological approaches and improvements to existing methods of measuring position in automation, sports and general applications.

Starts with interesting applications of established sensor technology in motorsports and aircraft manufacture. Then examines some new position sensors based on novel technology.

Optical techniques including lasers and linear encoding enable high precision position sensing over long distances. Laser scanning systems have some advantages over vision systems for pick and place applications. Differential global positioning system (GPS) and carrier‐wave techniques are giving millimeter accuracy to GPSs.

Highlights the more exciting aspects of position sensing.

BEC Group Limited is replacing a mixture of existing manufacturing systems at aircraft manufacturer Avro International with an integrated 400‐user system, based on BEC's manufacturing total management system (MTMS) package. Avro, a subsidiary of British Aerospace Regional Aircraft Limited, estimates that the deal, which is valued at £475,000, will cut the annual cost of manufacturing computer systems by 80 per cent and achieve a payback in 28 months.