Redondo Beach, CA., March 25, 2003 – NavCom Technology, Inc., a leader in precise positioning and communications technology, announced today that its RT-series of high performance, centimeter accuracy Real Time Kinematic (RTK) dual frequency GPS receivers are now fully supported by Carlson’s SurvCE and Tsunami field data collection software.

NavCom’s RTK GPS sensors built for high precision survey and machine control applications offer the highest level of accuracy and response available from a dual-frequency GPS receiver. Integrating these with Carlson’s data collection software presents NavCom’s customers yet more flexibility in software options to meet their application needs.

“This integration allows clients needing high accuracy RTK performance to benefit from NavCom’s cost-effective solution without having to learn new software,” said NavCom Sales Manager J. Christopher Litton. “Such developments which combine leading-edge components from NavCom and other industry leading companies into a total solution, allow customers to maximize their investment dollars and focus on the job at hand quickly and reliably.”

Both SurvCE, a complete data collection system for RTK GPS and Total Stations with in-field coordinate geometry, and Tsunami, which provides RTK GPS data collection directly in CAD, enable end users to collect meaningful data and include powerful graphics and command-line functionality.

Carlson Software ( www.carlsonsw.com) is a leading provider of CAD and data collection software for the land surveying, civil engineering, mining, and machine control industries. Carlson has offices in Kentucky, Massachusetts, Georgia and California.

NavCom Technology, Inc., a John Deere Company (NYSE:DE), is a leading provider of advanced GPS products for OEMs, VARs and system integrators needing high performance RTK systems, global decimeter-level DGPS corrections, geodetic quality GPS receivers, wireless communication products and engineering consulting in the areas of precise positioning and wireless communications. For more information on NavCom and its products, please visit www.NavComTech.com or contact Email Contact.