(commonly known as Furuno) is a Japanese electronics company whose main products are

marine electronics Marine electronics refers to electronics devices designed and classed for use in the marine (ocean), marine environment on board ships and yachts where even a small amount of salt water can destroy some electronics devices. Therefore, the majority o ...

, including marine radar systems, fish finders, and navigational instruments. The company also manufactures

global positioning systems The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a Radionavigation-satellite service, satellite-based hyperbolic navigation system owned by the United States Space Force and operated by Mission Delta 31. It is one of the satellite navigation, global ...

and

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, and entered the

weather radar A weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar (WSR) and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation (meteorology), precipitation, calculate its motion, and estimate its type (rain, snow, hail etc.). Modern w ...

market in 2013.

History

Furuno Electric Shokai was founded in Nagasaki, Japan in 1948. The same year, Furuno commercialized the world's first practical fish finder. Manufacturing continued to ramp up as the decade came to a close, and by the mid-1950s, Furuno was producing various Marine supplements, such as early examples of commercial

Marine radar Marine radars are X band or S band radars on ships, used to detect other ships and land hazards, to provide bearing and distance for collision avoidance and navigation at sea. They are electronic navigation instruments that use a rotating a ...

s. In 1973, Furuno created an early iteration of satellite positioning receivers for vessels at sea. Later that decade, Furuno entered the United States market, establishing an HQ in the United States as Furuno USA. Following this expansion and continued growth, Furuno continued expanding their marine-based radar products. In 2009, Furuno acquired

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based eRide, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company. Following this acquisition, in 2013, Furuno introduced an X-band

, the smallest of its kind. In 2015, the company's GNSS Receiver Modules were used in radio controlled flying

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In popular culture

Furuno's marine electronic devices has been featured in ''

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'' (1989) as product placement.Scheidemann, Robert
"Furuno Marine Electronics in Licence To Kill (1989)"
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External links

Furuno Global page

Furuno Global page
* Wiki collection of bibliographic works on Furuno {{Authority control Electronics companies of Japan Defense companies of Japan Global Positioning System Fishing equipment manufacturers Avionics companies Marine electronics Navigation system companies Radar manufacturers Health care companies of Japan Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Companies based in Hyōgo Prefecture Electronics companies established in 1938 1938 establishments in Japan Japanese brands