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Navy/USMC

CTSi and L3 Flight-Test New Navy Navigation System

Friday, July 13th, 2018

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CTSi and L3 Technologies [LLL] this month finished flight-testing a new integrated communication and navigation system for the Navy that can be used in GPS-denied environments.This new Enhanced Link Navigation System (ELNS) was built as a prototype under an $8.7 million Navy Small Business Innovative Research Phase III contract. The flight test occurred at St. Mary’s County Regional Airport near Patuxent River, Md.The Navy’s ELNS project manager, Martin King, said the system is scalable for unmanned aircraft in all groups,…

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