What is "furuno"

(commonly known as Furuno) is a Japanese electronics company whose main products are marine electronics, including radar systems, fish finders and navigational instruments. The company also manufactures global positioning systems, medical equipment and meteorological monitoring and analysis systems.

Furuno was founded in Nagasaki, Japan in 1938 and has subsidiaries in the USA, Europe and China.

Recently the company's GNSS Receiver Modules were used in radio controlled flying quadcopters.