SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Swift Navigation, a market
leader in precise positioning technologies for automotive, IoT, and mobile
applications, and Calian Group Ltd. (TSX: CGY), a leading provider of innovative
solutions in GNSS technologies, today announced their partnership to drastically
streamline the integration of precise positioning into location-based products
across industries.
Autonomous vehicles and robots are complex and costly to build. Developers need
to integrate advanced hardware and software, do extensive testing and
validation, maintain complex infrastructure, and calibrate diverse components
and systems to ensure seamless compatibility.
Calian and Swift today introduced a solution: Calian's fully integrated GNSS
hardware working seamlessly with Swift's Skylark(®) Precise Positioning Service.
By combining the antenna, receiver, and positioning engine into a single
enclosure, Calian significantly simplifies the GNSS part of the hardware
architecture, allowing system integrators to focus on their core expertise and
reducing development costs. Calian's smart antennas are available in a ceramic
patch design, based on its patented Tallysman Accutenna(®) technology, ideal for
stationary or vehicle-mounted applications, such as precise navigation, enhanced
driver safety, and robotics. They also offer a helical form factor, perfect for
portable and lightweight devices where size, weight, and durability are
critical, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and wearables.
When paired with Skylark's GNSS corrections, Calian's Smart Antennas offer
centimeter-level accuracy, uniform performance, and fast convergence. Skylark's
flexible and affordable subscription model eliminates the need for maintaining
ground reference stations or the risk of using unreliable public ones,
leveraging observations from its extensive network to model corrections for
entire countries, delivered directly to receivers via the internet.
"Precise positioning is a critical component of cutting-edge products across
industries," said Holger Ippach, Vice President of Product & Marketing at Swift
Navigation. "We are thrilled to partner with Calian to simplify the development
process, making it easier than ever before for developers to bring innovative
products to market."
"Calian is excited to collaborate with Swift Navigation to provide an integrated
GNSS solution that delivers exceptional accuracy and ease of use," said
Christopher Russell, VP of Sales for Calian GNSS. "Our Smart GNSS Antennas allow
users to quickly evaluate Skylark Precise Positioning Service right out of the
box, ensuring a seamless experience and superior performance."
Calian offers development kits that include the smart antenna, an RS-232, RS-
422, or USB digital interface, and the TruPrecision evaluation software,
enabling developers to quickly evaluate Skylark with the many compatible Calian
antennas. Visit calian.com/gnss to learn more about the Tallysman line of smart
antenna solutions available for use with Skylark.
ABOUT SWIFT NAVIGATION
Swift Navigation is changing the way we understand and navigate the planet.
Swift's Skylark is the only global cloud-based precise positioning service built
from the ground up to unlock new mass market use cases across industries at
scale. ISO-certified to meet automotive safety standards for L2+ autonomy and
delivered through carrier-grade networks with full redundancy in every system
and connection, Skylark delivers reliable, centimeter-accurate positioning for
more than 8 million safety-critical devices globally. Skylark is highly
configurable, compatible with a wide range of GNSS chipsets, modules, and
receivers, and packaged into rigorously tested and proven solutions for multiple
industries. Visit swiftnav.com/skylark (https://www.swiftnav.com/skylark) to
learn more.
ABOUT CALIAN
We keep the world moving forward. Calian(®) helps people communicate, innovate,
learn and lead safe and healthy lives. Every day, our employees live our values
of customer commitment, integrity, innovation, respect and teamwork to engineer
reliable solutions that solve complex challenges. That's Confidence. Engineered.
A stable and growing 40-year company, we are headquartered in Ottawa with
offices and projects spanning North American, European and international
markets. Visit calian.com (http://calian.com) to learn about innovative
healthcare, communications, learning and cybersecurity solutions.
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