> Industrial News > News   Compass and CAPS Systems Bring More PNT Options   Xiaohan Liao, Co-Chairman of the Organizing Committee of NaviForum Shanghai and Deputy Director-General of the High & New Tech. Development & Industrialization Department of Ministry of Science & Technology, delivers a keynote speech during NaviForum Shanghai 2007. According to his speech, construction of the Compass (Bei Dou) Satellite Navigation System will turn China into one of the countries serving global PNT; CAPS, a Chinese area navigation system based on synchronous communication satellite, will provide the world with more PNT options; China’s joining in the Galileo Plan helps fulfill European Union’s potential market expansion beyond Europe and also brings China more PNT service options. Comment: The PNT system, which refers to Positioning, Navigation, Timing, is a crucial space infrastructure of a nation and embodies the comprehensive national strength of a modernized country. Satellite navigation systems act as core components of a nation’s PNT system and play key strategic roles in the state security, national economy, and social development.   Time:2007-12-24 Source:NaviForum Shanghai News Center Relative