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GENERAL
INFORMATION
The Navigation Center is the United States
Coast Guard's Navigation Center of Excellence. It is located in Alexandria,
VA, south of the Washington Beltway, on the grounds of the Coast Guard
Telecommunications and Information Systems Command (TISCOM) facility.
Formerly the "Omega Navigation Center", NAVCEN now controls 78
DGPS sites and 24 LORAN stations across the United States (approximately
half of the DGPS sites and LORAN stations are controlled by the
Navigation Center Detachment in Petaluma, California. In addition,
NAVCEN has responsibility for the development of high accuracy DGPS,
and the development of new navigation technologies such as the use
of inertial and enhanced LORAN to back up GPS. NAVCEN is also responsible
for the Integrated ATONIS project; this effort aims to automate
the collection and dissemination of aids to navigation information.
If you are visiting the Navigation Center or the Navigation Center
Detachment, you may view directions and
maps to our facilities.
Coast Guard Data Network users may access our intranet
site.
The Navigation Center is the United States
Coast Guard's Navigation Center of Excellence. It is located in Alexandria,
VA, south of the Washington Beltway, on the grounds of the Coast Guard
Telecommunications and Information Systems Command (TISCOM) facility.
