The annual ION GNSS+ 2020 Conference scheduled to take place Sept. 21-25 in St. Louis, Missouri, will now be held entirely virtually. The Institute of Navigation (ION) made the decision after careful...
Australia and New Zealand are partnering to roll out satellite technology that will be able to pinpoint a location on Earth to within 10 centimeters, unlocking more than $7.5 billion in benefits for...
The effects of space weather on critical Earth systems. (Image: NASA) The United States Congress has passed bipartisan legislation to address how the government deals with threats posed by emissions...
By Paul Crampton, Spirent Federal Paul Crampton As we bid farewell to the last GPS-IIA satellite and read of delays to both the launch schedule for GPS III satellites and roll-out of the OCX...
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...
Northrop Grumman and Boeing have responded to a U.S. Air Force call for contractors interested in building a follow-on set of GPS III satellites, according to a report in Space News . Lockheed Martin...
Photo: Sensonor Sensonor has launched two new navigation devices. The high-accuracy tactical-grade STIM277H gyro module and STIM377H inertial measurement unit (IMU) are based on experiences and...
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is asking for ideas on what technology to research to protect GPS. The research and development dollars are earmarked for projects that...
U-blox has launched the LARA-R3121, a new module comprising a single-mode LTE Category 1 modem and a GNSS positioning engine specifically designed for Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine...
J. David Grossman By J. David Grossman Executive Director GPS Innovation Alliance As we embark on a new year, 2021 ushers in a new administration and the start of the 117th Congress. With these...
Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) CLAS received a major enhancement on Nov. 30. QZSS CLAS (centimeter-level augmentation service) is the satellite-based nationwide open PPP-RTK...
NASA is partnering with the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, New Zealand Space Agency, Air New Zealand and the University of Auckland to install next-generation GNSS...
With support for mmWave, Sub-6 GHz and LTE, Sierra Wireless modules will enable original equipment manufacturers to securely deploy 5G worldwide Photo: Sierra Wireless Sierra Wireless is now...
Schematic of the GNSS interference detection and analysis system GIDAS. (Image: OHB Digital Solutions) In September 2020, the first GIDAS monitoring stations were installed at the Czech airport in...
A number of organizations are focusing on how inertial can help GNSS receivers to provide more stable, reliable position outputs when signals are hard to receive. Papers presented in September at...
Atmospheric and Environmental Research Inc. (AER), a Verisk business, will license a satellite-data-processing system from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), building on...
Two F-16 Fighting Falcons fly over Edwards AFB during a 2009 air show. (Photo: U.S. Air Force/Chad Bellay) The U.S. Air Force in September will begin testing on F-16’s an alternative...
Spirent’s GSS9000 constellation simulator. Spirent Federal Systems, a U.S. provider of positioning, navigation and timing test solutions to the government and its contractors,...
The IEEE/ION PLANS Conference has been canceled. The conference — officially the IEEE/ION Position Location and Navigation Symposium (PLANS) — was scheduled to take place April 20-23 in Portland,...
Not just supporting players, alternative positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) systems strengthen, augment and — when needed — replace GNSS. We explore how companies are using alternative PNT,...