Hyderabad: The Space Applications Center (SAC), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has extended its memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University College of Engineering (UCE), Osmania University (OU) for Indian regional navigation satellite system (IRNSS) receiver field trial and data collection, also known as Indian GPS.
As part of this MoU, signed in 2016, the state of the art equipment/IRNSS receivers are installed at an advanced GNSS research laboratory. “These receivers are needed to be performance evaluated under various conditions, so that very soon it will be used for commercialized applications in mobile phones, aviation sector, transportation, agriculture, engineering, etc.,” read a press release issued by the OU.
The initial two-year term of the MoU had expired. Later, based on the performance of the project, continuous data acquisition, data analysis, OU was granted an extension of three more years (2018 to 2021). The official document approval was issued now.
The initial two-year term of the MoU had expired. Later, based on the performance of the project, OU was granted an extension of three more years (2018 to 2021)