ITS testing facility planned for New Mexico

Pegasus Global Holdings is proposing to locate a privately financed, owned and operated Centre for Innovation, Test & Evaluation in the State of New Mexico. With the support of New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez, the company has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the state’s Department of Economic Development.
June 22, 2012 Read time: 1 min
844 Pegasus Global Holdings is proposing to locate a privately financed, owned and operated Centre for Innovation, Test & Evaluation in the State of New Mexico. With the support of New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez, the company has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the state’s Department of Economic
Development.

The centre will consist of a fully integrated physical facility modelled on a medium-sized American city, including its urban, suburban and rural areas, built with standard roads, buildings, power, water, telecommunications and operating systems. Pegasus says the centre will focus on providing benchmark test and evaluation facilities for ITS, green energy, homeland security, and next generation wireless infrastructure. In terms of ITS, the company says the centre will be home to a transportation highway/road network consisting of high-speed, urban canyon, suburban and rural roads, permitting testing and demonstration of new ITS technologies. It will provide a highway infrastructure that will allow clients to test and evaluate unmanned vehicle technologies, traffic management systems, and vehicle-based applications without endangering other drivers.

GIS/ Mapping & Location Based Systems Urban Traffic Control

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