NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program is developing capabilities that will allow missions at high altitudes to take advantage of GNSS signals for timing and navigation,...
The Institute of Navigation (ION) celebrated its 75th anniversary on June 25. On June 25, 1945, ION held its first organizational meeting on the Los Angeles Campus of the University of California....
KVH photonics engineers test PICs for validation prior to production. (Photo: KVH) In June, KVH Industries launched the P-1775 inertial measurement unit (IMU), featuring its new PIC Inside photonic...
On November 18, a Consultation Event will take place in Brussels on the subject of receiver technology. The event is being held to inform the stakeholders of the European GNSS receiver community...
ESA shifts from Galileo transition plan to full second-generation plan. News from the European Space Agency With 26 satellites now in orbit and more than 1.5 billion smartphones and devices worldwide...
Coalition gives voice to PNT companies seeking open-market approach to backing up GPS/GNSS for critical infrastructure Several GNSS and positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) companies have joined...
The R&S SMBV100A vector signal generator can generate Galileo, GPS, and GLONASS signals for up to 24 satellites in real time. With the SMBV-K107 option, the simulator covers the BeiDou...
The successful demo consolidates concept designs for a proposed land-sensing ESA Scout mission, HydroGNSS Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has successfully demonstrated GNSS reflectometry...
Russia has launched another GLONASS-M satellite, according to Roscosmos, the Russian State Space Corporation. A Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle successfully carried the satellite to its planned orbit from...
Combining Galileo with GPS and GLONASS By Mirko Stanisak, Mark Bitter, and Thomas Feuerle INNOVATION INSIGHTS by Richard Langley GPS = SAFER FLIGHT. While reviewing material for an article...
Experts representing the Galileo Program provided a frank and open update on how it is addressing the problem of the first two full operational capability (FOC) satellites being delivered to the...
Professor Langley (fourth from left) discusses the UNB geodesy program with Canadian Science Minister Ed Holder (third from left.) The Canadian Minister of State for science and technology, Ed...
Steve Malkos, Android Context Group, Google We’ve come a long way since the inception of GPS. Today, location often is taken for granted, but that’s true of every mainstream technology. It’s...
A business and academic consortium led by Chronos Technology has received a major grant from the U.K. government sponsored Technology Strategy Board for a £2.2 million (approximately $3.3 million)...
Autonomous GPS Positioning at High Earth Orbits To initially acquire the GPS signals, a receiver also would have to search quickly through the much larger range of possible Doppler shifts and code...
Spectracom’s GSG-6 Simulator with monitor. Spectracom has begun a program to develop robust application-specific testing solutions. The program fills what the company calls a technology and...
TEOCO, a provider of assurance, analytics and optimization solutions to communications service providers, has expanded the testing capabilities of its AIRCOM Device Test Lab in Columbia, Maryland,...
GNSS Winter School 2021 is planned for Feb. 22-26 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The Institute of Space Technology is hosting the event, in collaboration with the Space Education Research Lab of the...
Mauro Colombi, vice president of operations for Stonex, discusses the new S10 GNSS Receiver while at InterGeo 2014, held October 7-9 in Berlin. The S10 features a new generation of smart and open...
The Spectratime Force 2020 Rubidium clock is designed for the defense market. Spectratime, a provider of high precision atomic clocks and a business of the Orolia Group, has launched the Force 2020....