DRDO partners with Bengaluru firm for Indigenous NavIC chip development

BENGALURU: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has commissioned a Bengaluru-based firm to indigenously develop a receiver chip to acquire and disseminate Indian time for Navigation using the Indian Constellation (NavIC) developed by ISRO.

The IRNSS satellites, through NavIC, aim at providing directional mapping support to land, rail and air-based users to find routes to destinations easier. Presently, the service is largely dependent on the Global Positioning System (GPS) provided by the US constellation of navigation satellites.