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Star Navigation Announces Production of Newly Designed SSU
TORONTO, May 14 /CNW/ - Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. (TSX-V: SNA) ("STAR" or the "Company")...
About this update from Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd.
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nTORONTO, May 14 /CNW/ - Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. (TSX-V: SNA)\n("STAR" or the "Company"), a leading edge technology company focused on\nproviding Aerospace Solutions to assist aviation operators worldwide for\nreal-time aircraft monitoring, is pleased to announce that it has entered into\nan agreement with Luxell Technologies Inc. for the production of the Second\nGeneration Star Server Unit ("SSU"). Utilizing STAR's specifications, the new\nSSU will be produced with greater functionality and performance, improved\nintegration and reduced weight. It also features significant growth potential\nto accommodate new applications. It is expected to be market-ready soon, which\nwill allow STAR to broaden its customer base through enhanced features and\nlower cost.\n\n\nLUXELL Technologies Inc. is located in a 45,000 square foot building in\nMississauga, Ontario, which includes R&D, manufacturing, and test and product\nsupport facilities. It is well known in the Aviation and Defence community for\nits high performance displays and ruggedized computer units.\n\n\nDale F. Sparks, STAR CTO stated: "In accordance with our commitment to be\nan industry leader in real-time aircraft performance monitoring, we have put a\nsignificant amount of effort into our technology, particularly over the past\ntwo years. We are looking forward to having this new, dynamic, high\nperformance platform available for our system, as it will allow us to take\nfull advantage of our design improvements and additional functionality and it\nwill also provide notable cost and weight benefits to our customers".\n\n\nSTAR's CEO, Viraf Kapadia said: "STAR's licensed IP, together with this\nstate-of-the-art hardware and its reliable Linux platform, will allow Star to\nassist the airline industry and regulatory authorities with an improved\nmonitoring, processing and reporting capability. This new hardware will also\nprovide an enhanced foundation for our In-flight Safety Monitoring System\n(ISMS(TM)) and will better accommodate our Fuel Management Information System,\nFOQA, MOQA, ETOPS and other support systems."\n\n\nLUXELL's CEO, Jean-Louis Larmor, declared that the company was excited to\nwork with STAR on a system designed for commercial aircraft and helicopter\noperators. "Having seen STAR t...