Advanced Research Corporation - Specializing in Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS - GPS, GLONASS, Galileo) and ocean observation technologies

Advancing technology from the Oregon Coast

Advanced Research is an Oregon-based business providing expertise in air, marine, space, and land technologies. We specialize in satellite navigation technologies, and marine studies and applications, including fishery information systems. As residents of the rural Oregon Coast we endeavor to bring worldwide solutions to our community, while ensuring they are met responsibly and sustainably.

Advanced Research President John Lavrakas, 2011 Oregon Small Business Person of the Year!
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Building Connections in the Seafood and Fishing Community

Apr 25th, 2013

Fish Trax™ Marketplace is a new innovative product that allows consumers to learn about where their seafood comes from. Our goal is to bring the seafood and fishing communities to the marketplace by sharing the stories of who brings your seafood to your plate. We are building a community of trust among all of the links [...]

The Rising Role of Newport, Oregon in Marine Science Research

Apr 19th, 2013

For many, Newport is tourist destination, sporting two lighthouses, a lively Bayfront district lined with shops and restaurants, and miles of rugged, majestic shoreline. For others, it is a fishing port, home to the most productive fishing fleet on the Oregon coast and a thriving working waterfront. But to marine scientists from Oregon State University, [...]

A Case for Establishing an Oceangoing Research Vessel Program for Oregon

Mar 30th, 2013

Oregon state legislators are considering House Bill 3451 to establish at OSU an Oceangoing Research Vessel Program. This bill fits into a larger multiyear effort to grow the marine science economic sector for Oregon. It began over four decades ago with the establishment of the Hatfield Marine Science Center, initiated with investments from the state [...]

BeiDou, How Things Have Changed

Feb 4th, 2013

In May 2007, I authored an article in GPS World looking ten years into the future and envisioning how the GNSS field would operate at that then-distant time. Reviewing my assessments, I see that I was both accurate and wide of the mark with my predictions. The prediction that has proved accurate was that the [...]