NextNav has been selected by NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley to deliver PNT services for its urban drone program. Utilizing NextNav’s commercially deployed TerraPoiNT network in the San Francisco Bay area, NASA Ames will capture in-flight horizontal and vertical location data to validate drone flight safety at its Mountain View, California, facility. NextNav’s commercial grade TerraPoiNT network in the San Francisco Bay Area will be leveraged by NASA Ames to conduct tests on drone flights within their Urban Air Mobility program. NextNav’s TerraPoiNT delivers geolocation services where satellite-based GPS signals may not be available.
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