GLONASS tested a navigation system for agricultural engineering without a satellite signal

JSC GLONASS has created a local navigation system for agricultural equipment and agrodrones, which operates without satellite signals, the company told RBC.

“The same ground infrastructure can consistently and seamlessly ensure the operation of various types of equipment, move quickly and help to quickly solve tasks,” said GLONASS CEO Alexey Raikevich. According to him, the company is ready to start serial deliveries of the system for the agro-industrial complex.

The system provides telemetry transmission and centimetre accuracy of the tractor with trajectory driving technology. It also allows you to control the flight of the drone and monitor it. The equipment continues to work in the complete absence or unstable reception of satellite signals, as well as in the conditions of electronic warfare.

The tests were held in the Stavropol Territory on the territory of the Novokugultinskoye agricultural complex. They were attended by the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, the regional Ministry of Agriculture and experts of the state machine testing station. The equipment of the Russian manufacturer Rostselmash was used.

For tests along the perimeter of the site, four mobile radio beacons up to 20 cm in size are installed. One of them is appointed by the master station and acts as a support and control element. On-board equipment online determines the position of vehicles in this area, and the management and monitoring of any unmanned or highly automated vehicles go through a local radio channel.

Earlier, GLONASS JSC developed a domestic system for online monitoring of public transport in conditions of failures of satellite navigation or electronic warfare.

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