Novatel Delivers WAAS Receiver To NAV CANADA.

CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 1999--

NovAtel Inc. (Nasdaq:NGPS) recently supplied a Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) receiver to NAV CANADA, who are responsible for providing air navigation services in Canada, including air traffic control, flight information, weather briefing, airport advisory services and electronic aids to navigation. The receiver will be used in connection with initial testing for the Canadian WAAS program.

"This NovAtel receiver will help NAV CANADA identify the best sites for Canadian reference stations that will be linked to the FAA's WAAS and Europe's EGNOS," said NAV CANADA's SatNav Program Manager Ross Bowie. "If we proceed with a Canadian WAAS, we will need test data from the receiver that will be used in WAAS, EGNOS and the Japanese MSAS -- and NovAtel provides that receiver."

"NovAtel is pleased to welcome NAV CANADA into the family of WAAS reference receiver users," said Tony Murfin, Director of Aviation. "This year has been outstanding in terms of progress for WAAS programs around the world. It is really encouraging to be involved with a program in our own backyard."

NovAtel Inc. designs, markets and supports a broad range of products that determine precise geographic locations using the Global Positioning System (GPS). NovAtel's GPS products are used principally for applications in high-end markets such as the surveying, geographic information systems, aviation, marine, mining and machine control markets.

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